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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1870
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ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 801

for the space of sixty days next after the time when
the same shall he due and payable, the stock on
which it is demanded shall be forfeited to the Com-
pany, and may be sold by the said President and

 

Directors for the benefit of the Company ; but the
President and Directors may remit any such for-
feiture on such terms as they may deem proper.

Forfeited if
not paid.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That as soon as five
hundred shares of twenty dollars each of said
capital stock shall have been subscribed, the said
Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall call
a general meeting of the subscribers, at such time
and place as they may appoint, and shall give at
lease ten days public notice thereof; and at such
meeting, the said Commissioners shall lay the sub-
scription books before the subscribers then and
there present, whereupon the subscribers or a

General meet-
ing.

majority of them shall elect seven Directors by
ballot, to manage the affairs of the Company, which
Directors or a majority of them, shall have the
power to elect a President either from among the
Directors or others, and shall allow him such com-
pensation for his services as they shall deem proper
and at said election, and in all other elections by
the stockholders of said Company, each stockholder
shall be allowed one vote for every share of stock
owned by him or her, to the extent of one hundred

Directors and
President.

shares, and for every additional one hundred shares,
ten votes, and no person shall be allowed to vote
more than one thousand shares of stock ; the share-
holders in the aforesaid cases may vote either in
person or by proxy, and the Commissioners afore-
said, or any three of them shall be the judges of
the first election for Directors.

Toting.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the Company
hereby incorporated shall have power to make and
construct a railway, with single or double track
and sidlings, as they may deem expedient for the
transportation of passengers, by horse power, from
Baltimore City to Hall's Springs, in Baltimore
county, to connect with the Baltimore City Pas-
senger Railway at the corner of Chew street and
Central avenue, or such other place or places as
may be deemed most advantageous to the interests

Track.

of the Company, and in like manner with the ter-
minus of the said Baltimore City Passenger Rail-
51

Terminus.

 

 

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