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CHAP. 64.
Proviso. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
the aforesaid road through his, her or their land, shall thereupon
proceed to assess and value the damages accordingly, taking
into consideration the advantages and disadvantages, if any, and
such inquisition and valuation shall be final and conclusive between
the parties respectively; Provided, the person or persons summoning
a jury shall pay all cost and expense of said jury in case the
jury does not award a greater sum than was assessed by the commissioners
aforesaid.
See November 1812, ch. 54. |
| Plot to be returned. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
or a majority
of them, are hereby requested and directed to return a plot
of said road to the clerks of Harford and Baltimore counties, to
be by them recorded among the public records of said counties. |
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Passed Dec. 23.
* Nov. 1809, ch. 15. |
CHAP. LXV.
A Supplement to an Act*, entitled, An act to empower the Trustee
herein after named to sell certain Lands of the late
William
O'Bryon, deceased, situate, lying and being, in Queen-Anne's
County, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
Lib. TH. No.
2, fol. 507. A Private Act. |
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Passed Dec. 23. |
CHAP. LXVI.
An Act to incorporate the Stockholders of the Marine Bank of Baltimore.
Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 508. |
Bank to be established
at Fell's
Point. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
there shall be established at the city of Baltimore, within that
part of the same commonly called Fells'-Point, a bank, the capital
stock of which shall consist of six hundred thousand dollars, lawful
money of the United States, to be divided into shares of fifty
dollars each, and one hundred thousand dollars of which stock shall
be reserved to be subscribed for by the state of Maryland for its
use and benefit, when desired by the legislature thereof. |
| Stockholders incorporated. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the proprietors
of shares in the
said bank, as well as those who may hereafter become stockholders,
their successors and assigns, shall be and are hereby created and
made a corporation and body politic, by the name and style of The
President and Directors of the Marine Bank of Baltimore, and by
that name shall be and are enabled and made capable, either in law
or equity, to sue or be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and
be answer, defend and be defended, in any court or place whatever,
and also to make, have and use, a common seal, and the same
to break, alter and renew, at their pleasure, and also to ordain and
establish such by-laws, ordinances and regulations, as shall be
deemed convenient and necessary for the government thereof, not
inconsistent with this act, or contrary to law, and generally to do
and execute all and singular such acts, matters or things, as to
them shall or may appertain to do. |
Affairs of company
to be conducted by
a president and
fourteen directors. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the affairs of
the said company
shall be conducted by a president and fourteen directors, together
with such other directors as the state shall appoint, in the manner
herein after directed; and that there shall be an election of fourteen
directors, by ballot, on the second Monday of April next, and
on the second Monday of April in each and every year thereafter,
by the stockholders or proprietors of the capital stock of said corporation, |
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