ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 411
he paid in at the time of making the subscription,
but failure to do so shall not release the subscriber
from the obligation to pay a part or the whole of
the same when called upon to do so by the Presi-
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dent and Directors; the capital stock of said Com-
.pany shall be fifty thousand dollars, divided into
shares of the par value of twenty-five dollars each,
and as soon as five hundred shares of said stock
are subscribed, and five hundred dollars paid in,
the Directors or a majority of them shall call a
general meeting of the stockholders at such time
and place as they may appoint, giving notice of
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Capital stock.
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the same by advertisement, published for two
weeks previous thereto, in a newspaper published
in Salisbury, and at such meeting the stockhold-
ers shall proceed to elect by ballot a President and
six Directors, to manage the affairs of the Com-
pany until the first Monday of April following,
and at every election every stockholder shall be
entitled to one vote for every share of stock owned
by him, and said vote may be cast either in person
or by proxy.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That on the first Mon-
day of April in every year after the organization
of said Company the stockholders therein shall elect
by ballot as aforesaid a President and six Directors
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Publish notice
of election.
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for the ensuing year, and the President and Direc-
tors shall appoint one or more judges of all elec-
tions, and if any vacancy shall occur, by death,
resignation, removal, or refusal to act of any Pres-
ident or Director, the balance of the Board may
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President and
Directors.
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fill such vacancy by the election of a stockholder
to said vacancy for the ensuing year, and any elec-
tion required to be made on a particular day if not
made on that day may be made on any day there-
after by two weeks notice of the same published in
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Vacancy.
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a newspaper in Salisbury, and the President and
Directors previously elected shall continue to fill
their offices until their successors are duly elected
and qualified, when they shall deliver to their suc-
cessors all the books, papers, subscriptions and
moneys belonging to the said Company in their
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Hold over.
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hands, and the President and Directors elect, be-
fore they act, shall make oath before a Justice of
the Peace for Wicomico County to well and faith-
fully discharge the duties of their respective offices.
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Oath.
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