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acquired, and not with any intent to increase the number of votes
which would otherwise be allowed to said stock, nor in any
manner, directly or indirectly, to violate, avoid or evade the
standard of voting, as fixed either by the charter of said company
or its by-laws, and that the said stock, to the best of his knowl-
edge, belief and information, or any interest he has therein, is
not retained in his name or in that of his partner, on the books
of said corporation, with any such intent, design or purpose, and
that he does design in all respects and in good faith to comply
with the charter of the said corporation and its regulations upon
the subject of voting stock therein.

1868, ch. 471, sec. 10.

10. Whenever such stock is owned by and stands in the name
of any corporation or body politic, some officer thereof shall take
the oath prescribed in the preceding section, and further declare,
on oath, that he has full opportunity, from his official station in
the corporation, to know the opinions and sentiments of a ma-
jority of the directors thereof, in relation to such stock, and that
he represents them fairly in the premises.

Ibid. sec. 11.

11. No person or body corporate, shall vote by proxy on stock
held in any private corporation, unless the person, or in case of a
body corporate, the president, cashier, or some lawfully consti-
tuted officer thereof, shall make oath before some person author-
ized by the laws of Maryland, or by the laws of the State where
the same shall be administered, to administer an oath to the same
effect as required by section 9 of this article, a certificate of
which oath shall be produced before the person or persons hold-
ing said election before any vote by proxy shall be received.

Ibid. sec. 12.

12. No person shall act as the director of any bank requiring
that the directors thereof shall hold any number of shares therein,
unless the said director, before he acts as such, shall make oath
before some justice of the peace, that he is the sole and bona fide
owner of the stock standing in his name on the books of said
bank, and that the same has not been transferred to qualify him
to serve as director therein.