| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
to Elkton, to be located by the president and managers
hereafter to be appointed under the provisions of this act. |
1815.
CHAP. 190. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That subscription books
be opened for
a capital stock of seventy-five thousand dollars, in shares of twenty-five
dollars each, and that subscriptions be taken in the city of
Baltimore, under the direction of Joseph Townsend, James Williams,
John W. Thomas, Washington Hall, John Trimble and
Moses Poor, or any three of them; for Harford county, at Bush,
under the direction of John S. Webster, John Johnson and Charles
Sewell, or any two of them; at Belle-Air, under the direction of
Thomas A. Hayes, John Moores and Stevenson Archer, or any
two of them; at Francis Smith's tavern, under the direction of John
Archer, Joseph Husband and Zephaniah Bailess, or any two of
them; for Cecil county, at Port Deposit, under the direction of Joseph
Cowden, George Kidd and David Patton, or any two of them;
at the Brick Meeting House, under the direction of James Janney,
Elisha Kirk and Cyrus Oldham, or any two of them; and at Elkton,
under the direction of Abraham D. Mitchell, William Rickets
and William Garrett, or any two of them; who are hereby appointed
commissioners for the purposes aforesaid, who shall on or
before the first Monday in May next, procure books, and in each
enter as follows, to wit: " We whose names are hereunto subscribed,
do promise to pay to the president and managers of the Baltimore
and Rock Run turnpike road company, the sum of twenty-five
dollars for every share of stock in said company set opposite
to our respective names. Witness our hands this _____ day of
_____, eighteen hundred and _____;" and shall give notice in two
of the public papers in Baltimore, and in the newspapers printed
in the borough of Wilmington, for one month at least of the times
when, and the places where, the said books will be open to receive
subscriptions of stock for the said company, at which times and
places, at least two of the said respective commissioners shall attend,
and shall permit and suffer all persons who shall offer to subscribe
in person, or by attorney duly authorised, in the said books,
which shall be kept open for that purpose at least four hours every
day, for the space of three days, if three days shall be necessary;
Provided nevertheless, that the said commissioners shall not permit
any one person or company during the first day in which the
said books shall be opened, nor more than fifty shares on the second
day; and if after the expiration of the said three days, the
said books shall not have for the said road the full number subscribed,
the said commissioners may adjourn from time to time until
the number of shares shall be subscribed, of which adjournment public
notice shall be given in the papers aforesaid; and when the said
subscriptions in the said books shall amount to the said number,
the same shall be closed; provided always, that every person offering
to subscribe in the said books in his own name, or in the name
of any other person, shall upon subscribing pay to the attending
commissioners one dollar for every share to be subscribed, out of
which shall be defrayed the expense attending the taking such subscription,
and other incidental charges, and the remainder shall be
deposited in such banks as may be most convenient to the
said commissioners for the use of the company aforesaid, as soon |
Subscription
books to be opened.
Provisos. |
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