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may be agreed upon ; may purchase annuities and
real estates as may be requisite for the immediate
accommodation of its business; may issue letters of
credit and other commercial obligations, and gen-
erally to do and transact a general banking business.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the Board of Di-
rectors shall have power to regulate all matters	Regulate mat- ters.
pertaining to special or trust deposits, the amount to
be received, at any time, and in the manner in which
the same shall be received or paid, as the case may
be, and to make all needful regulations in that be-
half; provided, that the aggregate amount of said
special or trust deposits does not at any one time
exceed the entire capital stock of the banking com-
pany.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That whenever any de-	Deposits of
posit shall be made by a minor, the Directors of the	minors
Banking Company may, at their discretion, pay to
such depositor such sum or sums of money as may
be due him or her, and the check, receipt or acquit-
tance of such minor shall be valid, and that the
deposits of married women shall be received or held
and paid out on precisely the same terms and con-
ditions as those of adult persons or corporations, any
law or statute of the State to the contrary thereof in
any wise notwithstanding.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the affairs of this
corporation herein proyided for, shall be managed	Management
by a president and directors, and the number of di-
rectors in this corporation shall not be greater than
fifteen, nor less than tive, and the number of direct-
ors in said corporation may be changed by the directory from time to time within the limits as to
the number aforesaid, and no person shall be eligi-
ble as a director who is not the bona fide owner of at
least two hundred and fifty shares of the capital
atock of the banking company.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the election of "di-
rectors of said banking company, shall be held an- nualy at the hank, on the second Wednesday in Jan-	Election for Directors.
uary, and the Board of Directors shall give at least
ten days notice, in two or more daily newspapers, published in Baltimore city; and the stockholders in