ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 831

CHAPTER 455.
AN ACT to Incorporate the Howard Central Turnpike Company.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Colonel J. H. Sullivan, A. B. Davis, James B. Mathews, Isaac J. McComas, Daniel H. Gaither, S. B. Dorsey, Frederick D. Gathier, Dr. E. W. Warfield and Dennis P. Gaither, be and they are hereby appointed Com- missioners to take subscriptions to the Capital Stock of the Howard Central Turnpike Company,	incorporation
hereby incorporated, and they or a majority of them may cause books to be opened at such times and places, and for such period or periods, upon giving notice, as they may deem expedient, of the times and places of opening the same; and if any of the Commissioners shall die, resign or refuse to act, another or others may be appointed in his or their stead by a majority of the remaining Com- missioners.	Open books
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the subscribers of said stock, their successors and assigns, shall he and they are hereby declared to be incorporated into a Company by the name of the Howard Cen- tral Turnpike Company, and by that name shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, selling, leasing and conveying estates, real, personal and mixed, so far as may be necessary for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, and no further, and shall have succession, and by said corporate name may sue and be sued, and may have and use a common seal, which they shall have power to alter or renew at their pleasure, and shall have, enjoy and may exercise all the powers, rights and privileges which other corporate bodies may lawfully do for the pur- poses mentioned in this Act.	Name.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That when two hun- dred shares or more of said stock shall have been subscribed, the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall call a general meeting of the sub- scribers at such time and places as they may ap- point, and shall give at least ten days' public notice thereof, and at such meeting the said Com-	General meet- ing.