JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 435

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That once in each year	Statement.
the directors shall lay before the stockholders at the
general meeting, an exact and particular statement of
the amount of the capital stock, of the debt due to
and from the same, of the moneys deposited therein,
of the cash on hand specifying the amount of coin
and the assets of other banks, of the value of the real
estate held by the bank, and of the amount and
value of public or other stocks owned by the corpo-
ration, of the amount of the losses, dividends and
discounts; and said bank shall publish said state-
ments, verified by the oath or affirmation of the Pres-
ident and Cashier, in at least one of the daily news-
papers published in the City of Baltimore, and shall	To be published
show the condition of the corporation in the said
particulars as they may appear at the close of the
business transactions on the first Monday in January
in each and every year.
SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the total amount	Debts limited.
of the debts which any of the said corporations shall at
any time owe, whether by bond, bill, note, or other
contract, shall not exceed the amount of capital actu-
ally paid into the said bank; provided, that the
money deposited in the said bank for safe keeping
shall not be considered as thedebtsof the bank, within
the provisions of this clause, unless the contracting of a
greater debt shall have been previously authorized
by a law of this State ; and in case of excess the di-	Excess
rectors, under whose administration it shall happen,
shall be liable for the same in their natural and pri-
vate 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 corpo-
ration, and may be prosecuted to judgment and exe-
cution, any condition, covenant, or agreement to
the contrary notwithstanding; but nothing herein
contained shall be construed to exempt the said cor-
poration, or the lands, tenements, goods and chattels	Construed.
of the same from being also liable for and charge-
able with the said excess; and such of the said direc-
tors who may have been absent when the said excess
was created, or who may have dissented from the
resolution or act whereby the same was created, may
respectively exonerate themselves from being so
liable, by forthwith giving notice of the fact and of