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CHAP. 173. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
matters and demands, of whatsoever nature, kind or form they be,
and all and every other matter or thing to do therein, in as full and
effectual a manner as any other person or persons, bodies corporate
or politic, within this state, in like cases may do and perform;
and the said trustees, and their successors, or a quorum of them,
shall have full power and authority to have, make and use, one
common seal, with such devices and inscriptions as they shall
think proper, and the same seal at their pleasure to break, alter
and renew. |
Trustees to be
qualified. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before any trustee
herein appointed,
or to be appointed in the manner herein directed, shall
proceed to execute the trusts and authorities delegated by this act,
he shall be qualified in the presence of one of the trustees, who is
hereby empowered to administer the oath or affirmation, as the
case may be, that he will well and truly execute and perform the
duties of a trustee of the said school, without partiality of prejudice,
according to the best of his skill and judgment. |
| Quorum—Meetings. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That any three or more
of the said
trustees shall be and are hereby constituted a quorum, and are
hereby empowered to meet from time to time at the said school, or
at any other place within Dorchester county previously designated
by the said trustees at their last meeting, and when so assembled
may, in the absence of their other trustees who do not attend, do
any act, matter or thing, which the whole number of trustees, or a
majority of them, might do were they present or attending, any
thing in any law to the contrary notwithstanding. |
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Passed Feb. 1, 1817.
* 1815, ch. 128. |
CHAP. CLXXIV.
A Supplement to the act*, entitled, An act to authorise the Levy
Court
of Harford County to levy money for building a Bridge.
Lib.
TH. No. 5, fol. 316. |
Superintendant to
be appointed. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the levy court of Harford county be, and they are hereby authorised,
to appoint a suitable person to superintend the erection of a
bridge authorised to be built by an act of the general assembly,
passed January 23d, 1816, chapter 128, over a washed gutter occasioned
by the overflowing of Deer Creek, at Robert Gover's
mill, on the road leading from Saint George's Chapel to Havre-de-Grace. |
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Passed Feb. 1, 1817.
† Nov. 1812, ch.
143. |
CHAP. CLXXV.
An Additional Supplement to the act†, entitled, An act to
Incorporate
a Company for the purpose of building a Bridge over
the RIver
Susquehanna, near Rock Run. Lib. TH. No. 5,
fol. 316. |
Company may discount
notes. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for the president and directors of the
Susquehanna Bridge and Bank Company, or a majority of them,
and they are hereby authorised to use and employ any funds belonging
to the company, which they may deem advantageous and
find convenient so to use, in discounting any promissory notes,
bonds, drafts, or bills of exchange, in the same manner as the officers
of other banks in this state are authorised and accustomed to do. |
—To be negotiable
at bank. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That when any note or
bill of exchange
which shall be discounted by the said Susquehanna Bridge |
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