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	annually, on the first Monday of March, in each year
	by ballot, by plurality of the votes of the stockholders
	present or represented by proxy ; the votes shall be
	according to the following representation of stock,
	to wit : One share to two shares, one vote ; three	Number of
	shares" to five shares, two votes; six shares to ten	votes.
	shares, three votes ; eleven shares to fifteen shares,
	four votes ; sixteen shares and upwards, five votes ;
	no stockholder to cast more than five votes ; and if
	for any cause such election shall not be so held, the
	said corporation shall not be deemed dissolved, but
	such election shall be held within six months there-
	after ; notice of the time and place of every such
	election shall be published for one week preceding
	the day appointed therefor, in two of the daily news- papers printed and published in the city of Balti-
	more; that the president and directors shall have
	power and are hereby authorized, that at any time
	they may consider or deem it to the interest of the
	said corporation to lease or sell any or all the
	real estate and leasehold property now in their pos-
	session, and that they may hereafter acquire, is here-
	by fully authorized.
	SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	Effective.
	effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved April 14, 1880.
	CHAPTER 422.
	AN ACT to incorporate the Baltimore Kennel
	Club.
	WHEREAS a number of persons have formed an
	association for keeping, breaking and the improve-	Preamble.
	ment of the breed of dogs, and are now desirous of
	being incorporated ; therefore,
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Thomas A. Symington, R. Stew-
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