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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

covenants, contracts or other instruments of writing; to insti-

Authority to

tute suits, actions or other proceedings on their behalf, and to

powers of

fully attend to any of said matters or things committed to its

sale.

charge, as fully in every respect as can or may be done by an

individual ; and said company shall be, and is hereby authorized

to exercise powers of sale of mortgaged premises, wherever

and whenever such power of sale is or may be conferred upon

it by any instrument of mortgage, either as mortgagee or as

the attorney named therein, or as the assignee of any mort-

gage ; and for the faithful execution of the powers by this

action conferred upon the said company its capital stock and

surplus shall be liable in the same manner as herein provided.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That any individual, agent, execu-

To deposit
bonds, etc.,

tor, administrator, guardian, committee, receiver, curator, as-

for safe

signee or other person, or State, city or county officer or public

keeping.

officer, or any person or persons acting for others, having the

control or other custody of any bonds, stocks, securities, moneys

or other valuables belonging to themselves or others, shall be

and are hereby authorized to deposit the same for safe keeping

with said company.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said corporation is here-

On executing
and deliver-

by authorized to take, have, hold and enjoy all such estates,'

ing deeds.

real, personal and mixed, as may be obtained by the invest-

ment of its capital stock and all other moneys or funds that

may come into its possession in the course of its dealings and

business, and the same to sell, grant, mortgage, lease and

dispose of at its pleasure, and to execute and acknowledge and

deliver all deeds and other instruments of writing concerning

the same.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the said company is hereby

To act as
agents for

authorized to act as agent for the purpose of issuing, register-

States, corpo-

ing or countersigning certificates, stocks, bonds or other evi-

rations, etc.

dences of debt of any State, corporation, association, munici-

pality or public authority on such terms as may be agreed upon,

and to receive money on deposit subject to check, deal in ex-

change, foreign or domestic, and in every and all descriptions of

properties, personal effects, securities, mortgages, loans, certi-

ficates of indebtedness, stocks of incorporated companies, indi-

vidual, firm, company or corporation, notes or bonds.

SEC. io. And be it enacted, That any court of this State,

Moneys de-

of any other State or the United States, into which moneys

posited sub-
ject to with-

may be paid or deposited by agreement of parties, order, judg-

drawal by

ment or decree of said court, may order and direct the same

to be deposited with said company, and when such deposits