JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 345

CHAPTER 219.

AN ACT to incorporate the Tuckahoe Bridge Com-
pany.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assem- bly by the petition of sundry inhabitants of Talbot and Caroline counties, that the convenience of the public would be greatly promoted by erecting a bridge over Tuckahoe Creek, at or near Doan's Landing; therefore,	Preamble.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the subscribers or proprietors of shares for building said bridge, as well as those who may hereafter become stockholders, their successors and assigns, shall be and are hereby created and made a corporation and body politic, by the name and style of the President and Directors of Tuckahoe Bridge Company, and by that name shall be and are hereby enabled and made capable either in law or equity, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in any court or place whatever, and also to make, have and use a common seal, and also to establish such by-laws, rules and regulations as shall be deemed necessary and proper for the government thereof.	Incorporated.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said compare is hereby declared to be the sum of five thousand dollars, to be divided into five hundred shares of ten dollars each, and the president and directors of said company, who shall always be stock- holders, after the first annual election, which shall be on the first Monday of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, on the same day in each and every year thereafter, be and they are hereby authorized and directed to open subscriptions for such shares of the aforesaid sum of five thousand dollars, as have not been subscribed, giving thirty days' notice of the time, place and terms upon which said subscript tion shall be received.	Capital stock.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the building, super- intendence and management of said bridge, shall be	Management.