1835.

LAWS OP MARYLAND .

CHAPTER 79.

CHAP, 79.

Passed Feb, 24,1836

An act to Incorporate the Maryland Print Works Com-

pany.

Corporation creat-ed

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That Albin Mellier, his associates, their

successors and assigns, are hereby made, constituted

and declared to he a body corporate and politic, by the

name and style of the Maryland Print Works Compa-

ny, and as such, by that name may have succession,

and may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded,

answer and be answered in any court of law or equity;

and shall be able and capable to make and use a com-

mon seal, and the same to change and alter at pleasure,

also to have and use, exercise and enjoy as a corporate

body all the powers, rights and privileges, proper and

Objects denned

necessary for the purpose of manufacturing, purchasing,

dying, printing and vending every species of cotton,

woolen or silk goods, or goods composed of a mixture

of these materials, or other species of manufactured

General powers

articles, at tlveir discretion, and for the aforesaid pur-

granted

poses, to purchase, hold and use, estate, real, personal

and mixed, and to construct such buildings and im-

provements on their land as may be deemed necessary,

and the said estate, or any part thereof, to sell and

convey or otherwise dispose of, and generally to do all

such acts, and to ordain, establish and enforce all such

by-laws and regulations as shall be necessary and pro-

per for conducting the business of said corporation, the

same not being contrary to law or the provisions of

this act.

Capital stock $300,000

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of

said company shall be divided into shares of one hun-

dred dollars each, and shall at no time exceed three

hundred thousand dollars, and every person who shall

be the proprietor of one share or more of said stock,

Membership

shall in virtue thereof be a member of said corporation,

and as such entitled at all elections, and in all meet-

ings of the stockholders to one vote, in person or by

proxy, for each and every share of said capital stock

which shall be held by such person, and the said capi-