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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of this State, and in case of excess, the directors

under whose administration it shall happen, shall be

liable for the same in their natural and private

capacities; and an action may, in such cases, be

brought against them or any of them, or their heirs,

executors or administrators, in any court of record

in this State, by any creditor or creditors of said

corporation, and may be prosecuted to judgment

and execution issued thereon, any condition, covenant

or agreement to the contrary notwithstanding ; but

Construed

nothing herein contained shall be construed to

exempt the said corporation or the lands, ten-

ements, goods and chattels of the same, from being

also liable for and chargeable with the said excess;

and such of the said directors who may have been

absent when the said excess was created, or who may

have dissented from the resolutions or act whereby

the same was created, may respectfully exonerate

themselves Irom being so liable, by forthwith giving

notice of the fact and of their absence or dissent, to

the stockholders at the general meeting, which they

shall have power to call for that purpose.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the said bank shall

not deal or trade in any thing except bills of ex-

Shall not deal
or trade in

change, promissory notes and bullion, or in the-

produce of their lands, or of such lands, goods and

effects as shall have been bona fide pledged or

mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it

in satisfaction of debts, contracted in the course

of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgment ;

provided, however, that nothing herein contained

shall be construed to prevent the said corporation

from making temporary investment of its funds

in purchase of the public debt of the United

States, or of any one of the United States, or of the

City of Baltimore, and each of the stockholders and

directors of the bank shall be liable to the amount

of his share or shares of stock therein.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That every stockholder

Voting

shall be entitled to one vote for every share which

he, she, it or they may hold to the number of not

exceeding ten shares, and to one vote for every ad-

ditional two shares, to the number of not exceeding

one hundred shares in all, and to one vote for every

additional five shares thereafter; tut no share of