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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of the provisions of this act, either of the parties so

engaged may inform against the other or others, and

Informer to be
exempt.

the person so informing shall be exempt from pros-
ecution under the preceding sections of this act, and

shall be entitled to share in the benefits resulting

from fines, the same as if he had not been engaged

in violating any of the provisions of this act.

In force

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, 30th March, 1874.

CHAPTER 165.

AN ACT supplementary to an act, passed at January

session, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled

an act to incorporate the Santa Clara Mining As-

sociation of Baltimore, repealing a supplement to

said act passed at January session, eighteen hun-

dred and sixty-seven, authorizing said association

to make and enforce payment of all calls or assess-

ments upon its capital stock and re-enacting the

same with amendments.

WHEREAS, it hath been represented to the Gen-

Preamble

eral Assembly of Maryland, that it hath become

necessary for the Santa Clara Mining Association of

Baltimore, to call upon the stockholders for the pur-

pose of obtaining the means necessary to free it from
its debts, therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That the President and Board of Directors

Make calls or
assessments.

of the Santa Clara Mining Association of Baltimore,

be and they are hereby authorized and empowered

to make calls or assessments, additional to any here-

tofore made, upon the capital stock, for the purpose

of paying the indebtedness of the association, to an

amount not exceeding, in addition to any former calls