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Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 4, 1870.	In force.
CHAPTER 161.
AN ACT to incorporate the Saint James and Elli- cott's City Turnpike Company.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That John R. Brown, Henry Ha- zelhurst, John W. Dorsey, Dorsey Thompson, Joseph Maguire, Anthony M. Johnson, Joseph Hunt, Upton W. Dorsey, William Frost, Richard Davis, Samuel Brown, Joseph Judike, M. H. Her- bert, David Feelemeyer, Gilbert E. Fowler, Wil- liam Davis, Isaac C. Anderson, Jun'r, A. E. Shipley, Charles Martin, and Joseph Barlow be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to take subscriptions to the capital stock of the Saint James and Ellicott's City Turnpike Company, hereby incorporated, and they or a majority of		Incorporation.
them may cause books to be opened at such times and places, and for such period or periods, upon giving notice as they deem expedient, of the times and places of opening the same, and if any of the commissioners shall die, resign or refuse to act,		Open books.
another or others may be appointed in his or their stead by a majority of the remaining commis- sioners.		Fill vacancy.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the subscribers to said stock, their successors and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be incorporated into a company by the name of the Saint James and Ellicott's City Turnpike Company, and by that name shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, selling, leasing and conveyingestates, real, personal and mixed, so far as may be necessary for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, and no further, and shall have succession, and by said corporate		Name.
name may sue and be sued, and have and use a common seal, which they shall have power to alter or renew at their pleasure, and shall have, enjoy		Powers of corporation.