GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1831.

Sed 6. And be it exacted, That the levy court of Somer-
set county, are hereby required to appoint three suitable
persons to act as judges of said elections, hereafter to be
held in each of the said districts

CHAP. 140

Judge, of addition
at district

Sec. 7. And be it enacted. That the said commissioners,
shall on or before the first Monday of July, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-three, deliver to the clerk of So-
merset county court, a description in writing under their
bands and seals, specifying the boundaries and numbers of
said election districts so laid off, and the places where the
elections shall be held, and the said clerk shall record the
same among the records of said county.

Return and redord
of district.

Sec. 8 And be it enacted, That if this act shall be con-
firmed by the General Assembly of Maryland, after the
next election of delegates, during the first session after
such new election, as the constition and form of govern-
ment directs in such cases, tins act and the alterations here-
in contained shall constitute and be considered a part of the
constitution and form of government, to all intents and pur-
poses.

Confirmatory pro-
viso.

CHAPTER 148.

An act to Incorporate the Peoples Steam Navigation Com-
pany.

Passed Feb.27, 1832

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That Joseph W. Patterson, Philip Laurenson, Jesse
Hunt, James P. Erskine, John Caulk, Thomas Morris,
George W. South, Charles Alexander, Alexander B Mc-
Alpin, Alonzo Wakeman, James Pogue, John Gibbs, Jacob
J. Cohen, junior, William Hughlett, their associates, suc-
cessors and assigns, be, and they are hereby created and
made a body corporate, by the name and style of The Peo-
ples Steam Navigation Company; and by that name shall
have perpetual succession, and shall be capable in law to
hold and dispose of property, to sue and be sued, to plead
and be impleaded, answer and defend, and be answered and
defended, in any court of law or equity, and in eny other
place whatsoever; to receive and make deeds and contracts;
to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to
cliange, alter, or renew at pleasure; and generally to pass all
such by laws as may be necessary to regulate its affairs;
and do all such acts as shall be proper and necessary for the
purpose of establishing and conducting a line or lines of

Corporate powers
grained.