702 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

whether he has returned the writ under which the sale was
made or not, he shall transfer the said stock or debt so sold
on the books of the corporation to the purchaser; or if the
sheriff making such sale shall die or remove from the county
without making such transfer, the court to which the writ was
returnable may appoint a person to make the same.

1888, art. 23, sec. 285. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 206.

399. If any corporation or any of its officers shall refuse
to permit any transfer authorized to be made by the preceding
section, the court to which the writ by virtue of which such
stock or debt was sold was returnable, or any judgethereof
in vacation may punish by process of contempt all persons so
refusing to permit such transfer, and may also cause the proper
book of such corporation to be brought before such court or
judge, and the transfer to be made; and the corporation shall
be liable for all damages sustained by reason of a refusal to
permit such transfer.

Ibid. sec. 286. 1868, ch 471, sec. 207.

400. The purchaser may refuse to accept the transfer of
any stock or transferable debt, unless it be made within thirty
days after the sale, and may bring an action on the case against
the sheriff, officers or corporation by whose default the said
transfer was delayed or omitted, and may recover the value of
the stock or debt at the time the transfer should have been
made, or at any time afterwards before the rendering of the
verdict in his said suit.

Ibid. sec. 287 1868, ch. 471, sec. 208.

401. Any person whom the court may appoint to make any
transfer, shall be entitled to the sum of one dollar, to be
paid by the purchaser, and recovered by him from the person
who ought to have made the transfer.

Police.

Ibid. sec. 288. 1880, ch. 460, sec. 221.

402. Corporations owning or using any railroad, steam-
boat, canal, furnace, colliery or rolling-mill in this State may
jointly or severally apply to the governor to commission such
persons as the said corporation or corporations may designate
to act as policemen for the protection of the property of said