ODEN BOWIB, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 471

rant of the Comptroller, be and he is hereby au- thorized and directed to pay, annually, in four equal and quarterly installments of twenty dollars each, to the order of William Brown, of Annap- olis, the sum of eighty dollars, during the natural life of the said Brown, and the said amount is an- nually appropriated for the purpose aforesaid.	Annual pay- ment in in- stallments.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 4, 1870.	In force.
CHAPTER 270.
AN ACT to fix the mode of electing the President and Directors of the Hagerstown Gaslight Com- pany, a company organized under the general corporation law of eighteen hundred and fifty- two.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That at every election to be held for President and Directors of the Hagerstown Gas- light Company, the following rule shall be ob- served : One share of stock shall entitle the owner thereof to one vote; five shares, three votes; ten shares, five votes; fifteen shares, six votes; twenty shares, eight votes; thirty shares, ten votes, and for every additional thirty shares of stock, one vote; but no stockholder shall have more than thirty votes, no matter how many shares of stock he may own.		Voting for officers.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the election for President and Directors of said Gaslight Company shall be held annually, on the first Monday in Feb- ruary; and it shall be the duty of the President and Directors, or a majority of them, to hold such election in Hagerstown, and give at least ten days public notice in one or more of the newspapers printed in Hagerstown, naming the hour and place of holding such election. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the stockholders of said Gaslight Company shall meet in Hagerstown,		Election to he held annually.