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dences of indebtedness of any corporation, domestic or foreign,

and issue in exchange therefor its stocks, bonds or other ob-

ligations.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the said corporation hereby

Right to
make its own

created shall have power to enact and adopt such rules, regula-

rules, by-law»,
etc.

tions and by-laws for the government and management of the

affairs of said corporation as it may deem advantageous to the

interests thereof; provided, the same be not contrary to the

law of the land.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the General Assembly re-

serves the right to repeal, alter or amend this Act at its

pleasure.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That said company shall be sub-

Liability of

ject to the provisions of Chapter 109 of the Acts of the Gen-

stockholders.

eral Assembly of 1892, and any supplements thereto and

amendments thereof; and the liability of the stockholders

thereof shall at all times be determined by the laws of this

State in force at the time the said liability may atttach.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 225.

AN ACT for the improvement of the public highways of the

State and to provide the means therefor, and to require the

commission created by an Act of the General Assembly of

1896, Chapter 51, to perform certain additional duties.

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

Notifying

land, That whenever any Board of County Commissioners of

Road Com-
mission.

any county in this State shall by resolution have declared their

intention to cause any particular road, or section thereof, with-

in such county, to be built or improved under the provisions of

this Act, such Board shall notify the commission so created

by an Act of the General Assembly of 1896, Chapter 51, by

written notice to the chief engineer of said commission, on or

before the first day of March in each year, and shall request

of said commission plans and specifications and an estimate of

the cost of the proper performance of said work according

to said plans and specifications.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever the owners of

two-thirds of the lands binding upon any public road or sec-