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CHAP. 251
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intents and purposes, as if the same had been duly
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acknowledged by the said Ann, separate and apart
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from, and out of the hearing of her said husband, and
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as if the Justices of the Peace before whom the ac-
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knowledgment was taken, had taken said acknowledg-
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ment and certified the same, in the manner then re-
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quired by law in reference to a feme covert grantor.
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CHAPTER 251.
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Passed Mar. 25 1831
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A supplement to an act, entitled, an act to Incorporate
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the Maryland Mining Company.
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Preamble
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WHEREAS, the developement of the mineral resour-
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ces of this State is of great importance to the commu-
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nity, calculated to encourage the industry and enter-
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prize of its people, and to increase the revenue of the
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public works; — Therefore.
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Capital increased to one million
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Maryland, That the capital of the Maryland Mining
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Company, shall and may be increased to one million
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of dollars, to be divided into shares of five hundred
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dollars each, and that certificates therefor shall be is-
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sued to the stockholders in place of those heretofore
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Applied
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provided for, and that one fourth part of the capital
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stock of said company, or two hundred and fifty thou-
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sand dollars, shall be applied by the president and di-
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rectors to the working of the mines of the said company,
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and the construction of the rail road hereinafter autho-
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rised to be made.
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Land estate limited
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the land which it
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shall be lawful for the Maryland Mining company to
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purchase or hold, shall not exceed five thousand acres,
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including the territory at present possessed by the said
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company, and it shall not be lawful for the said com-
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pany to hold any land without the limits of Allegany
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county.
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Empowered in re-
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of
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lation to con- struccting a jail
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enabling the said company to transport the produce of
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road
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their mines, and the country through which their rail
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road may pass, in the cheapest and most expeditious
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