1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 230.

shell he authorised to lay on any similar companies, or

the property of said companies.

Confirmation of

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That this act shall have

the company required

no force or effect unless it be accepted by a majority

of the stockholders of the company convened for the

purpose of submitting the same, upon four weeks no-

tice in all the daily newspapers in the city of Balti-

more, to he given by the President and Directors of

the company, and this act if so accepted shall be ta-

ken and held as part of the charter originally granted

to said company, and of the same force and effect as

the said original charter.

Repealing clause

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That so much of the

act and its supplements, to which this is a supplement,

as may be inconsistent with this, he and the same is

hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 230.

Passed Mar. 12,1836

An act for the relief of the Representatives of Richard

Harwood, of Thomas, late of the City of Annapolis,

deceased.

Preamble

WHEREAS, it is represented by the memorial of Ed-

ward L. Nicholson and others, that a bill has been late-

ly filed in the Court of Chancery, by Thomas S. Alex-

ander, against the representatives of Richard Har-

wood, of Thomas, late of the city of Annapolis, deceas-

ed, for a sale or other administration of the estate of

the said deceased, and that the comfort of the family of

deceased, which appears to have been the great object

of his care, would be greatly promoted, by a departure

in some particulars from the dispositions made by his

last will and testament, and especially in changing the

location of the residence therein provided for his fami-

ly; and whereas, it is doubted whether the Chancellor

has the power by existing laws to make such disposi-

tion of the said estate, as may be necesary to advance

the purpose aforesaid, for removing such doubt,

Chances

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That in the progress of the aforesaid cause,