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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 171.

AN ACT entitled "A supplement to au Act en-
titled an Act to incorporate the stockholders of
the Franklin Bank of Baltimore," passed at the
November Session, eighteen hundred and ten,
Chapter sixty-seven.

Increase cap-
ital stock at
pleasure.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the increase of capital stock of
the Franklin Bank of Baltimore, authorised by
the Acts of Assembly of December Session,
eighteen hundred and thirty-five, Chapter two
hundred and seventy-seven, December Session,
eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, Chapter two
hundred and sixteen, and eighteen hundred and
forty, Chapter one hundred and forty-six, may be
made at any time hereafter, in such manner as the
President and Directors of said Bank shall pre-
scribe.

In forca.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1870.

CHAPTER 172.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners
of Carroll County to indemnify William Shaw
for the destruction of his property in the city of
Westminster by a mob in April eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-five, and to levy a sum of money
for the payment of such indemnity.

Commission-
ers to make
compensation .

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the County Commissioners of
Carroll County be and they are hereby authorized
in their discretion to examine into and make just
and equitable pecuniary compensation to William
Shaw for the destruction of his newspaper office in
the city of Westminster, by a mob, in the month
of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and