THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,
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1835,
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minutes of the proceedings of the board, and give
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CHAP. 278
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public notice to the stockholders, that such dividend
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has been declared.
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ART. 11. No director shall be entitled to receive
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Emoluments to di-
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any emoluments for his services, unless the same shall
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rectors
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have been allowed at a general meeting of the stock-
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holders; and the directors shall make such compensa-
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tion to the president, for his extraordinary attendance
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at the bank, as shall appear to them reasonable.
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ART. 12. The president and directors of said bank,
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Meeting of stock-holders
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may at any time call a general meeting of its stock-
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holders, for any purpose relative to the institution,
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giving at least four weeks notice in two or more daily
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newspapers in the city of Baltimore; and any number
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of stockholders not less than fifty, who together shall
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be proprietors of five hundred shares, may at any time
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apply to the said president and directors to call a ge-
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neral meeting of the stockholders, for any purpose re-
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lative to the institution, and if the president and direc-
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tors shall refuse to call such meeting, the said number
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of stockholders, proprietors of not less than the afore-
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said number of shares, shall have power ta call a
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general meeting of the stockholders, giving at least
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sixty days notice in two or more daily newspapers,
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in the city of Baltimore, and specifying in such notice
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the objects of such meeting; and it is hereby made the
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duty of the president and directors of said bank, upon
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the application of not less than twenty stockholders,
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being owners of five hundred shares, to give such
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stockholders a full list of the names of all the stock-
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holders in said bank.
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ART. 13. Every cashier or treasurer, before he
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Bonds
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enters upon the duties of his office, shall be required to
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give bond with two or more sureties to the satisfaction
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of the president and directors, in a sum not less than
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twenty five thousand dollars, with a condition for his
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good behaviour.
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ART. 14. The lands, tenements and hereditaments,
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Limit as to lands
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which it shall be lawful for the said corporation to
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hold, shall be only such as shall be requisite for its im-
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mediate accommodation, in relation to the convenient
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transacting of its business, and such as shall have been
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