ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 343

and the first Monday of July; and each of the said corporations shall publish said statement so made to the Treasurer, in at least one of the daily newspapers published in the city of Baltimore; if the corporation he located in said city, or in a newspaper published in the county in which the corporation may be located, if not located in said	Publish state- ment.
city; said statements in all cases to be verified by the oath, or affirmation, of the President or cashier of the corporation. Art. 5. The issues or notes, usually denominated bank notes, which it shall be lawful for the corpo-	Verified by President.
ration to issue, shall not at any time exceed the amount of its capital stock actually paid in, and no note shall be issued of a less amount or de- nomination than five dollars, nor of any amount	Amount of issue.
intermediate between five and ten dollars; and the General Assembly may at any time restrict the issue of such notes, both in the amount which may be issued and in the denomination of the notes. Art. .6. The President, each Director, Cashier, and Treasurer, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall take the following oath or affirma-	Not less than five dollars.
tion, as the case may be; I ........., do swear, or affirm, that I will faithfully, impartially, diligent- ly and honestly execute the duties of ......... agree- ably to the provisions of law and the trust imposed in me, to the best of my skill and judgment. Art. 7. The total amount of the debts which any of the said corporations shall at any time owe, exclusive of its issues, or notes usually denomi-	Oath of offic'rs
nated bank notes, whether by bond, bill, note or other contract, shall not exceed the amount of cap- ital actually paid into the said bank; provided, that the money deposited in the said bank for safe keeping, shall not be considered as the debts of the hank within the provisions of this clause, unless the contracting of a greater debt shall have been previously authorized by a law of this State, and in cases of excess, the Directors under whose ad-	Debts not to exceed capital
ministration it shall happen, shall be liable for the same in their natural and private capacities, and an action may, in such cases, be brought against them, or any of them, or their heirs, executors or administrators, in any Court of Record in this State by any creditor or creditors of said corpora-	Directors lia- ble.