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LEVIN WINDER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
be made, shall be in force as relates to the road herein contemplated,
so far as the same are not inconsistent with this act. |
DEC. 1813.
CHAP. 144. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be lawful
for any corporation
or body politic in the United States to become stockholders
in said company.
9. See note to section 2. |
Any corporation
may become stockholders. |
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court
of Prince-George's
county shall appoint five commissioners, who shall estimate the
amount of damages sustained by any person or persons by reason
of said road passing through his, her or their land, or by taking
stone, gravel or other materials, for the use of said road, in cases
where the parties cannot agree, which estimate shall be final in determining
such damages. |
Damages to be estimated. |
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CHAP. CXLV.
An Act to incorporate the Washington Blanket and Woollen Manufactory
Company of Prince-George's County. Lib. TH.
No. 4,
fol. 183. |
Passed Jan. 29, 1814. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
and memorial of Daniel Bussard, and company, that they
have raised a capital, and have established a blanket and woollen
manufactory, on the Paint Branch, in Prince-George's county, for
the purpose of manufacturing blankets and other woollens; and the
said Daniel Bussard and company, having by their memorial petitioned
this general assembly for an act of incorporation in favour
of the said company, and this general assembly desirous of promoting
the laudable exertion of its citizens in establishing manufactories
in this state, yielding to the prayer of the said petition,
therefore, |
Preamble. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the said Daniel Bussard and company, together with all such persons
as may become stockholders in the said company, be and are
hereby created and declared one body politic and corporate, by the
name and style of The Washington Blanket and Woollen Manufactory,
and by the same name and style shall have succession,
and be able to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in any
court of law or equity, and to make, have and use, one common
seal, and the same to change and alter when and so often as they
shall think fit, and to ordain and establish such by-laws, ordinances
and regulations, as shall appear necessary for the conducting the
concerns of said company, not being contrary to this act, or the
constitution and laws of the United States. |
Company incorporated. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the capital stock
of said company
shall be sixty-four thousand dollars, money of the United States,
to consist of six thousand four hundred shares of ten dollars each,
one half of which are to be allowed to Elkanah Cobb, subject to
the original articles of agreement between him and the other petitioners,
the remaining shares to be filled up, disposed of and completed,
at such time or times, on such terms and in such manner,
as the said petitioners shall think proper. |
Capital to be 64000
dollars. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the stockholders
shall meet on
the first Monday in April eighteen hundred and fourteen, and on
the first Monday of April in every year, or within ten days thereafter,
at such place as the president and directors, or a majority of |
Election of president,
treasurer &
directors. |
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