EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said corporation hereby

formed is authorized to receive deposits of money, checks

General
authority.

and commercial paper from any corporation, joint stock com-

pany, copartnership, individual or administrator, committee,

guardian, receiver, assignee, attorney, mortgagee, trustee or

public officer of Queen Anne's County having custody of

any money, public or private, their own or held in trust by

them when they are not required by law to deposit the same

elsewhere.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the office of the said corpo-

ration hereby formed shall be at Sudlersville, in Queen Anne's

Location of
office.

County, Maryland, and the directors of said corporation are

hereby granted the right to make such by-laws, not inconsist-

ent with the laws of Maryland or the laws of the United

States, as may be necessary for the conduct of said corporation.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That whenever any deposits shall

be made by a minor, said deposits shall be received, held and

As to minor
depositors.

paid out on precisely the same terms and conditions as the

deposits of adults, and the checks, receipts and acquittances

of such minor shall be valid and binding on such minor, any

law to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 1, 1904.

CHAPTER 197.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Conowingo Bridge

Company heretofore organized and existing under the laws

of the State of Maryland, extending and enlarging its fran-

chises, and granting to it additional powers and privileges.

SECTION i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the charter of the Conowingo Bridge Company,

Amending the

a corporation duly formed, organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Maryland for the objects and purposes

charter of the
Conowingo
Bridge Com-

set forth in its charter, and supplements thereto, and amend-

pany.

ments thereof, be and the same is hereby amended and altered

as hereinafter set forth, preserving and continuing, however,

all the grants, right, powers and privileges heretofore held

thereunder, except as hereinafter changed and modified.

SEC. 2, And be it enacted, That the said company shall

have perpetual existence and succession ; and is hereby further