1835,
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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unless it shall hereafter be found and deemed by two
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CHAP. 177.
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thirds of the stockholders thereof to be insufficient for
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the purposes of said corporation, in which case they
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shall have power from time to time to increase the
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same by disposing of as many additional shares as may
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be deemed necessary, not exceeding ten thousand.
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Notice required
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That five dollars shall
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be paid on each share, at the time of subscribing, and
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at the expiration of sixty days, a further instalment of
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five dollars shall be paid on each share of said stock,
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and that the remaining forty dollars due on each share
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shall be called in and paid in such instalments as the
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president and directors of this corporation may direct:
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provided, that not more than ten dollars on each share
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may be demanded in any month, and that the whole
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amount of fifty dollars on each share of the original
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and increased stock be paid up within two years from
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the time of subscribing for the same, or the disposal
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thereof by said corporation, and provided also, that at
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least sixty day's notice he given in the daily newspa-
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pers printed in the city of Baltimore, and in such other
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newspapers as may be printed in the counties of the
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State, in which subscribers to the said corporation may
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reside, of the time appointed for paying the same.
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Forfeiture in case of neglect to pay
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the president and
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installments
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directors, or. a majority of them shall have full power,
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after giving at least thirty day's notice, by advertise-
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ment, inserted at least in two newspapers in Baltimore,
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to forfeit and dispose of, for the use of the corporation,
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any share or shares of stock upon which one or more
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instalments shall be due and unpaid, unless the instal-
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ment or instalments so due with interest thereon from
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time to time, when the same shall have been made pay-
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able, shall bo paid before the day limited in such no-
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tice, or the owner of such stock may be compelled by
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action, to pay all such instalments and interest; provid-
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Proviso
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ed, that no forfeiture of any such stock shall so operate
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as to release any stockholder from any such instal-
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ment, or from any future instalment, until the said
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corporation shall have received the full amount of fifty
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dollars upon each share so forfeited.
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