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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

poses as it may deem proper it is hereby authorized and

empowered to issue coupon bonds of said corporation to an

amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, in denomi-

nations of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than

five hundred dollars, which said bonds are to bear interest

at a rate not exceeding five per centum, per annum, and to
mature and fall due as follows, towit ; one thousand dollars

thereof at the end of five years from the dates of issuing the

sums, and one thousand dollars thereof at the end of each

year thereafter until all are paid ; and the said corporation

shall execute a first mortgage lien on its real estate to a

trustee or trustees, to be appointed by said corporation, for

the holders of said bonds, in order to secure unto them the

payment of principal and interest of said bonds as the same

matures and becomes due and payable ; provided, that before

said bonds issued the same shall be authorized by a resolu-

tion approved by at least two -thirds of the members of

said corporation, present and voting at a called meeting

for that purpose.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.

CHAPTER 545.

AN ACT to amend article twenty-seven of the Code of

Public General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments,"

sub-title " Counterfeiting and Forgery," by adding a new

section thereto, to follow section forty-six and to be des-

ignated as section forty-six A, and to be under the title

of "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title "Counterfeiting

and Forgery."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That article twenty-seven of the Code of Public

General Laws is amended by the addition of a new section

Section

to follow section forty-six and to be numbered section forty-

added.

six A, under the title of "Crimes and Punishments," sub-

title " Counterfeiting and Forgery," and to read as follows :

46 A. If any person shall falsely make, alter, forge or

Counter-

counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered,

felting.

forged or counterfeited, or shall willingly aid or assist in

falsely making, altering, forging or counterfeiting, or shall

utter or pass, knowing it to be falsely made, altered, forged

or counterfeited, any order, paper, letter writing, prescrip-