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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 154.
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AN ACT to incorporate the Annapolis Eoad Turn
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pike Company of Baltimore county.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assem-
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Appointed
commission-
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bly of Maryland, That Joseph M. Brian, jr., Thomas
Pumphrey, William A. Shipley, Patrick O'Brien,
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ers.
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and Edward W. Stiefel, be and they are hereby ap-
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pointed commissioners to take subscriptions to the
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capital stock of the Annapolis Road Turnpike Com-
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Books to be
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pany, hereby incorporated, and they or a majority
of them may cause books to be opened at such times
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opened.
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and places, and for such period or periods, upon giv-
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ing notice as they may deem expedient, of the times
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and places of opening the same; and if any of such
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commissioners shall die, resign or refuse to act, an-
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other or others may be appointed in his or their
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stead by a majority of the remaining commissioners.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the subscribers
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Company in-
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to said stock, their successors and assigns, shall be
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corporated.
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and they are hereby declared to be incorporated into
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a company by the name of " The Annapolis Eoad
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Turnpike Company of Baltimore county," and by
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that name shall be capable, in law, of purchasing,
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Capable in
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holding, selling, leasing and conveying estates, real,
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law.
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personal and mixed, so far as may be necessary for
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the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and no further,
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Have succes-
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and shall have succession, and by said corporate name
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sion.
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may sue and be sued, and have and use a common
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seal, which they shall have power to alter or renew
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at their pleasure, and shall have, enjoy and may ex-
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ercise all the powers, rights and privileges which
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other corporate bodies may lawfully do, for the pur-
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poses mentioned in this act.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That when two hun-
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Call general
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dred shares or more of said stock shall have been
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meeting.
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subscribed, the said commissioners, or a majority of
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them shall call a general meeting of the subscribers,
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at such time and place as they may appoint, and
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shall give at least ten days' public notice thereof, and
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at such meeting the said commissioners shall lay
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the subscription books before the subscribers then
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