1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 313.

be present at the making or declaring of such divi-

dend, shall be deemed to have consented thereto, un-

less he shall immediately enter his dissent in writing,

on the minutes of the proceedings of the board, and

give public notice to the stockholders that such divi-

dend has been declared.

Emoluments to di-

ART. 11. No director shall be entitled to receive

rectors

any emolument for his services, unless the same shall

have been allowed at a general meeting of the stock-

holders, and the directors shall make such compensa-

tion to the president, for his extraordinary attendance

at the bank, as shall appear to them reasonable.

Meeting of stock-

ART. 12. The president and directors of paid bank

holders

may at any time call a general meeting; of its stock-

holders, for any purpose relative to the institution, giv-

ing at least four weeks notice in two or more daily

newspapers in the city of Baltimore; and any number

of stockholders not less than fifty, who together shall

be proprietors of five hundred shares, may at any

time apply to the said president and directors to

call a general meeting of the stockholders, for any

purpose relative to the institution, and if the pre-

sident and directors shall refuse to call such meeting.

the said number of stockholders, proprietors of not less

than the aforesaid number of shares, shall have power

ta call a general meeting of the stockholders, giving

at least sixty days notice in two or more daily

newspapers, in the city of Baltimore, and specifying in

such notice the objects of such meeting; and it is hereby

made the duty of the president and directors of said

bank, upon the application of not less than twenty

stockholders, being owners of five hundred shares,

to give such stockholders a full list of the names

of all the stockholders in said bank.

Bond.

ART. 13. Every cashier or treasurer, before he

enters upon the duties of bis office, shall be required to

give bond with two or more sureties to the satisfaction

of the president and directors, in a sum not less than

twenty-five thousand dollars, with a condition for his

good behaviour.

Limit at to lands

ART. 14. The land, tenements and hereditaments,

which it shall be lawful for the said corporation to