JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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CHAPTER 328.

AN ACT to incorporate a company to make a turn-

pike from Latonsville, in Montgomery county, via

Triadelphia, to the Frederick Turnpike in Howard

county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That a turnpike company is hereby incor-

Incorporated

porated to make a turnpike from Latonsville, in

Montgomery county, via Triadelphia. and Shipley 's

Mill, to the Frederick Turnpike in Howard county;

and also a branch road from Isaac's Mill to the seven-

teen mile stone on the Frederick Turnpike, the said

route to be on the present bed of the county road,

except where it may be deemed advisable to alter

the course or grade thereof, in which case the lawful

course of so altering or improving shall be followed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of

the said company shall not exceed fifty thousand dol-

Capital stock.

lars, in shares of twenty-five dollars each.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That Thomas Lansdale,

L. J. G. Owings, J. F. D. Magruder, Enoch Selby,

Commission-
ers.

R, H. Landsdale, M. W. Shipley, G. W. Mobley,

Uriah H. Griffith, Frank Griffith, J. H. Maynard, B.

B. Crawford, David Clark, E. M. Devilbiss and

Dawson Lawrence, are hereby appointed commis-

sioners to receive such subscriptions, which shall be

paid in such instalments and at such times as the

directors may require.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That when three hun-

dred shares or more of said stock shall be subscribed,

Call meeting.

the said commissioners shall call a meeting of the

subscribers by giving at least ten days' public notice

of the same, for the purpose of organizing the said

company, and the subscribeis, or a majority of them,

shall elect seven directors to manage the affairs of

Elect directors

the company, who shall have power to elect a presi-

dent from their number, and the said president and

directors shall serve until the first Saturday in Febru-

ary, or until their successors are chosen, and after

the first election the president and directors shall be

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