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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1870
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ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 363

name of the Liberty Branch Railroad Company,
and by that name shall be known and be capable
of purchasing, holding, selling, leasing and con-
veying all property and estates, real, personal
and mixed, so far as the same may be necessary or
convenient for the purposes of the said corporation
and no further, and shall have by that name per-

Name.

petual succession, and may sue and be sued, and
may hare and use a common seal, which they may
alter and renew at pleasure, and may have and
enjoy all the rights and privileges which any other
corporation may have in the State of Maryland for
the purposes contemplated by this Act.

Sec. 3, And be if, enacted, That there shall be
paid at the time of subscription to the said Com-
missioners, or their agent, the sum of one dollar
on each share subscribed for, and the remainder

Powers.

thereof shall be paid in such installments and at
such times as may be required by the President
and Directors of said Company; but the validity
of no subscription shall bo affected by the failure
to pay the said sum of one dollar per share at the
time of subscribing, but the same shall be imme-

Installments

diately payable, and if any subscriber shall fail
to pay any installment or part thereof, duly called
for, for the space of thirty days after personal de-
mand shall have been made upon him for the
same, or for the space of thirty days after written
notice shall have been addressed to him, at his
usual place of abode or business, through the post-
office, stating the amount due the stock, on which
the same shall be due, shall be forfeited to the
Company, and may be sold by the President and
Directors for the benefit of said Company; but
the said President and Directors may proceed to

Failure to pay

collect said installment, or installments, as in the
case of other debts, retaining the lien upon the
delinquent shares.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the affairs of
said Company shall be managed by a President

May collect.

and Board of Directors and such other officers and
agents as the said President and Directors may
deem necessary, and all Acts to be performed by
the President and Directors may be performed by
a majority of said body duly convened.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That so soon as sub-
scriptions shall have been obtained to three hun-

Officers.

 

 

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