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LEVIN WINDER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
parts of the said judgment which the said members
severally ought to pay, and he is hereby authorised to decree accordingly
the sum of money which each and every member of the
said corporation shall pay to the said plaintiff or plaintiffs. |
DEC. 1813.
CHAP. 55. |
11. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no transfer of
stock in this
company shall be made by any member thereof, but such as shall
be approved of by a majority of the board of directors for the time
being; and all debts actually due and payable to the corporation by
any stockholder requesting a transfer of his stock, or demanding
a dividend, must be satisfied before such transfer or dividend be
made, unless the board of directors shall order it to the contrary. |
No transfer to be
made unless approved
of by a
majority of directors. |
12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no person or copartnership
shall be a proprietors of more than ten shares in the stock of this
corporation. |
No person to hold
more than ten
shares. |
13. AND BE IT ENACTED, That this act shall
continue and remain
in force for the term of fifteen years, and until the end of the
next session which shall happen thereafter. |
Duration. |
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CHAP. LVI.
An Act explanatory of and supplemental to an act* respecting the
bringing of Slaves from the District of Columbia
into this State.
Lib. TH. No. 4, fol. 59. |
Passed Dec. 31.
* 1803, ch. 68. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
in case any slave hath been removed, carried or brought, or shall
hereafter be removed, carried or brought, from any part of this
state into that part of the District of Columbia lying east of the
Potomac river, called Washington County; or in case any slave
hath been removed, carried or brought, or shall hereafter be removed,
carried or brought into this state, from the said part of the
District of Columbia, the said removal, carrying or bringing,
from or into this state, shall not entitle the said slave to freedom;
Provided nevertheless, that nothing in this act contained shall
give
power or authority to any person or persons to remove any slave
or slaves, or their descendants, from the said district into the state
of Maryland, which slave or slaves, or their descendants, shall
have been or may be brought into the said district from any of the
United States or territory thereof, except the state of Maryland;
Provided, that this act shall not extend to authorise the reversal
of
any case now depending in the court of appeals. |
Removal of slaves
not to entitle them
to freedom.
Provisos. |
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CHAP. LVII.
An Act for the benefit of Richard Newman, of Kent County.
Lib.
TH. No. 4, fol. 60. A Private Act. |
Passed Jan. 12, 1811. |
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CHAP. LVIII.
An Act to lay out and make public a Road therein mentioned in Cecil
County. Lib. TH. No. 4, fol. 61. |
Passed Jan. 12, 1814. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
James Jackson, Moses Scott and John Hogg, of said county, be
and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the purposes of
this act, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised
and required to lay out and make public a road, not exceeding
forty feet in width, beginning at or near Elk Forge, and running
over and with the private road to William Howard's store, and |
Commissioners appointed
to lay out
and make a public
road. |
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