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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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poses as it may deem proper it is hereby authorized and
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empowered to issue coupon bonds of said corporation to an
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amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, in denomi-
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nations of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than
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five hundred dollars, which said bonds are to bear interest
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at a rate not exceeding five per centum, per annum, and to
mature and fall due as follows, towit ; one thousand dollars
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thereof at the end of five years from the dates of issuing the
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sums, and one thousand dollars thereof at the end of each
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year thereafter until all are paid ; and the said corporation
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shall execute a first mortgage lien on its real estate to a
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trustee or trustees, to be appointed by said corporation, for
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the holders of said bonds, in order to secure unto them the
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payment of principal and interest of said bonds as the same
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matures and becomes due and payable ; provided, that before
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said bonds issued the same shall be authorized by a resolu-
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tion approved by at least two -thirds of the members of
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said corporation, present and voting at a called meeting
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for that purpose.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
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Effective
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from the date of its passage.
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Approved April 7th, 1892.
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CHAPTER 545.
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AN ACT to amend article twenty-seven of the Code of
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Public General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments,"
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sub-title " Counterfeiting and Forgery," by adding a new
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section thereto, to follow section forty-six and to be des-
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ignated as section forty-six A, and to be under the title
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of "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title "Counterfeiting
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and Forgery."
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Maryland, That article twenty-seven of the Code of Public
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General Laws is amended by the addition of a new section
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Section
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to follow section forty-six and to be numbered section forty-
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added.
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six A, under the title of "Crimes and Punishments," sub-
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title " Counterfeiting and Forgery," and to read as follows :
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46 A. If any person shall falsely make, alter, forge or
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Counter-
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counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered,
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felting.
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forged or counterfeited, or shall willingly aid or assist in
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falsely making, altering, forging or counterfeiting, or shall
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utter or pass, knowing it to be falsely made, altered, forged
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or counterfeited, any order, paper, letter writing, prescrip-
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