THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

1835.

stockholders, dividends of so much of the profits real-

CHAP. 246

ized by the company as they shall deem expedient; af-

ter reserving such sum as they shall decide to be rea-

sonable to meet the expenses of repairs, or the purchase

of any articles necessary for the use of said company:

and semi-annually, and also at the paying each divi-

Exhibit

dend of profits, a general statement of the affairs of

the company shall be prepared by the directors, and

kept open for the inspection of stockholders, for the

space often days after the same shall have been pre-

sented to them.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this act of incorpo-

Perpetual

ration, be, and the same is hereby made perpetual;

Provided, nevertheless, that the legislature hereby re-

Right, reserved

serves to itself the power of altering, amending, or re-

pealing any of its provisions at any time after the ex-

piration of the year eighteen hundred and fifty -six.

CHAPTER 245.

An additional supplement to the act, entitled, an act to

Passed Mar.28,1836

incorporate the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Com-

pany.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

Time extended for

That the time allowed by the act, to which this is a

completing read

supplement, for the completion of the Baltimore and

Ohio Rail Road, be and the same is hereby extended for

the time of five years beyond the period in the said act

limited.

CHAPTER 246.

An act to incorporate the Baltimore and Peach Bottom

Passed Mar. 22,1836

Rail Road Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Commissioners

Maryland, That William Nelson, Mahlon H. West,

Isaac Rogers, James Montgomery, Frederick T. Amos,

John Spear Smith, James Howard, George Winches-

ter, James McConkey, Thomas B. Coleman, John T.