THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1835.

said committee so chosen, shalf serve for one year, and

CHAP. 309.

until others shall be chosen and no longer.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the service of legal

Service of proves*

process on any one of the committee shall be deemed a

service of the same on the corporation.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That nothing herein con-

Power to tax

tained shall in any wise affect the rights of the legisla-

ture, to levy a tax upon the real and personal estate of

said company, similar to any tax which may be impo-

sed on other real and personal property within this

State.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That this charter shall

Duration

continue and be in force until the General Assembly

shall deem it proper to annul the same and no longer.

CHAPTER 309.

A supplement to an act to inccrporate the Weverton

Passed April 2, 1836

Manufacturing Company, passed at December session,

eighteen hundred and thirty-four, chapter one hun-

dred and forty -four.

SECTION 4. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Power to augment

Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for the

stock

stockholders of the Weverton Manufacturing Compa-

ny, agreeably to the provisions of the act to which this

is a supplement, to augment their capital stock, as they

may find expedient and necessary, from time to time;

Provided, that the said capital stock shall not exceed

Proviso

two millions of dollars.

SEC. 2. Anil be it enacted, That the said company

Power to hold land

shall be allowed to purchase and hold lands in this

State; Provided, that the quantity so purchased or held

by them shall not in all exceed five thousand acres.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if any stockholder,

On failure to pay

subscriber or owner of capital stock in the said com-

forfeit

pany, shall fail to pay the amount which may at any

time be due upon his said stock, or any instalment

thereof, at the time and place which shall be prescribed

for the payment thereof, and for the space of sixty-days

after the same shall be due and payable, agreeably to