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.
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Annual pay-
ment in in-
stallments.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 4, 1870.
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In force.
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CHAPTER 270.
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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.
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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.
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Voting for
officers.
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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,
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Election to he
held annually.
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