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LEVIN WINDER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
31. AND whereas, in making said new road the
bed of the old
road is frequently departed from, and doubts are entertained whether
the proprietors of the land through which such parts of the
road pass, are authorised in shutting up the same; therefore, BE IT
ENACTED, That wherever the new road shall depart from the bed of
the old road, it shall and may be lawful for the president and managers
of the said company, with the consent of the owner or owners
of the land through which the old road passes, to shut up the same. |
1814.
CHAP. 71.
Old road departed
from, may be shut
up. |
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CHAP. LXXII.
An Act Supplementary to an act*, entitled, An act to establish a
Bank,
and incorporate a Company, under the title of The Bank
of Somerset.
Lib. TH. No. 4, fol. 324. |
Passed Jan. 23, 1815.
* Dec. 1813, ch. 32. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
notes issued, or that may be issued by and in the name of " The
President, Directors and Co. of the Bank of Somerset," shall
have the same validity, and be equally binding on the corporation,
as if issued in the name of " The Bank of Somerset." |
Notes issued made
valid. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the Bank of Somerset
may discount
notes for any length of time not exceeding six months, that
may be deemed expedient by the board of directors. |
Notes may be discounted
for six
months. |
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CHAP. LXXIII.
An Act to incorporate the Baltimore Hose Company. Lib.
TH. No.
4, fol. 324. |
Passed Jan. 24, 1815. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
John Davis, the president of said company, and such other persons
as are now or hereafter may become members of the same, shall be,
and are hereby declared to be one community, corporation and body
politic for ever hereafter, by the name and style of The First Baltimore
Hose Company; and by that name they shall be and are
hereby made able and capable in law, to have, purchase, receive,
possess, enjoy and retain, to them and their successors, lands, tenements,
rents, annuities or other hereditaments, and the same to
grant, demise, alien or dispose of, in such manner as they may
judge most conducive to the interest of the company; Provided nevertheless,
that the said corporation or body politic shall not at any
one time hold or possess property, real, personal or mixed, exceeding
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum. |
Company incorporated
—powers. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said company
and their successors,
by the aforesaid name, shall for ever hereafter be able and
capable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer
and be answered, defend and be defended, in all or any courts
of justice whatsoever; and also to have, make and use, a common
seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure, and also
to assemble and meet at such times and places as they may agree
upon, and to ordain, establish and put in execution, such by-laws,
ordinances and regulations, as to them shall seem conducive to the
interest of the said company, and necessary to the good government
and orderly management thereof, the same not being contrary
to the laws of this state or of the United States; and generally to
do and execute all such acts, matters and things, as to them shall
or may appertain in virtue of this act. |
Powers and privileges. |
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