JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 397

Provision shall thereby become jointly and severally
liable for all the debts of the corporation then exist-
ing and that shall thereafter be contracted, so long
as they respectively continue in office; provided,
that if any director shall be absent at the time of	Shall be ab-
declaring such dividend, or being present shall vote	sent
against the declaring of the same, he shall be exempt
from the liability imposed by this clause.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That a general statement of the affairs of the company shall be prepared by the president and certified to by a majority of the	Statement of affairs to be presented at
directors and presented to the stockholders at their	annual meet-
annual meeting, and kept open for their inspection	ing.
for thirty days after the same shall have been pre-
sented to them.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this company shall	Shall not
not be permitted to issue any note, token or device, or	issue any note
evidence of debt, to be used as currency;
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage, and that the	Reserves
General Assembly reserves the right to alter, amend	right.
or annul this charter at any time hereafter.
Approved April 5, 1878.

CHAPTER 252.
AN ACT to provide for paying the Register of Wills
for Charles county for providing a general index of
certain records in the office of Register of Wills
for said county.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Charles county be and they are hereby required to levy upon the assessable property of said county the sum [of] three hundred dollars to pay Marcellus	Required to levy to pay for general index