THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

1835.

holders or their representatives, which right of repeal

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or modification is hereby reserved to the legislature at

any session thereof.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act

Banking prohibi-ted

contained shall be so construed as to confer any bank-

ing privileges on the company aforesaid, nor the right

to issue any note in the nature of a bank note.

CHAPTER 14.

An Act for the establishment and regulation of the Bal-

Passed Jan. 16,1836

timore City Guards.

WHEREAS, it has been deemed necessary and expe-

Preamble

dient to establish a Military Corps within the city of

Baltimore, for the special purpose of acting in aid of

the civil authorities of that city on all proper occasions,

in the maintenance of peace and good order within the

limits of said city, and to that end a Brigade has been

formed under the name of the Baltimore City Guards,

to consist of twelve companies, one from each of the

several wards of that city: — Therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Guards established

Maryland, That the Baltimore City Guards be, and

&c.

they are hereby established as a Military Corps, for

the purpose above mentioned, and that they he and they

are hereby declared to be exempt from all other military

duty than that which is provided for by this act.

SKC. 2. Jind be it enacted, That said corps shall be a

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brigade consisting of two regiments, four battalions,

ot'rfginienU, ike.

and twelve companies, as now organised; that the first

regiment shall consist of the six companies of the first,

second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth wards of the city

of Baltimore; and the second regiment of the compa-

nies of the seventh,' eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and

twelfth wards thereof; the companies of the first, second

and third wards, forming the first battalion of the first

regiment; the companies of the fourth, fifth and sixth

wards, forming the second battalion of the first regi-

ment; the companies of the seventh, eighth and ninth

wards, forming the first battalion of the second regi'