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shares of stock in this corporation for all its debts
and liabilities upon note, bill or otherwise, and the
books, papers and accounts of said corporation shall
be open to the inspection of its stockholders upon
application to the Board of Directors, as may be
provided for in the by-laws of said company.
SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That if the President
and Directors shall, at any time, suspend the active	Suspend active- operations
business operations or workings of the corporation,
and a majority of the stockholders in general meet-
ing assembled, determine to close the banking
operations thenceforth, it shall not be lawful for the
corporation to resume the exercise of its banking
powers and franchises, but the same shall be closed,
and after the payment of its debts and liabilities, the
remaining assets and property of the corporation
shall be divided among the stockholders or their
assigns.
SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That the General As-	In force.
sembly reserves to itself the right to alter or amend
this act of incorporation at pleasure.
Approved, March 27th, 1874.

CHAPTER 119.
AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to pay the
claims of John T. E. Hyde, William Murdoch,
John Himelheber, J. W. Kalmey, Samuel Stew-
art and Taylor and Bernard.
SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of	Appropriations
Maryland, That the Comptroller be and he is hereby requested and directed to issue his warrant on the	to pay J T E. Hyde and other claimants
Treasurer to pay to John T. E. Hyde, for wood and
coal furnished the different State departments, three
hundred and five dollars and forty-three cents ; to
William Murdoch, for cleaning Senate Chamber
and Committee rooms, by order of Secretary of Sen-
ate, fifty dollars; to John Himelheber, for materials