JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 575

ers, James H. Charles, James M. Carroll, Mark E.
Noble, Jacob F. Charles, J. E. Trice, James H.	Commis- sioners.
Lowe and John T. Parker, be and they are hereby
appointed commissioners for the purpose hereinafter
mentioned, with power to supply any vacancy that
may occur in their body by death, resignation or
otherwise ; that is to say, that they, or a majority of
them, after giving at least fifteen days' notice by
publication in such newspapers and by such other
mode as they in their discretion shall deem most
conducive to the interest of their enterprise, shall
open a book or books, at such place or places as they may designate, for receiving subscriptions to the capi- tal stock to erect a wharf or pier in the Choptank river,	Open books.
at or near the end of the public road leading down
to Fair Landing, in Dorchester county, and there-
upon they, or a majority of their board, shall proceed
to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of the
company by this act incorporated, the said stock to
be limited to one thousand dollars, to be divided	Keep bookb
into shares of twenty-five dollars each ; and the said	open.
books shall be kept open as long as the said commis-
sioners, or a majority of them, shall deem prudent.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That as soon as ten
shares of the capital stock of the company created
by their act shall have been subscribed, and the con-
sent of the County Commissioners of Dorchester
county obtained for building a wharf at said county
landing, the said commissioners, or a majority of
them, shall call a meeting of the subscribers to the
said capital stock, who shall proceed to the election	Elect presi-
by ballot of one president and four directors, from	dent.
their own body, to manage the affairs of the said
company for one year from the day of their election,
and until a new president and directors shall be
elected and qualified ; and in all elections of the
president and directors, every stockholder shall be
entitled to give in person or by proxy, one vote for
each share of the capital stock standing in his or her
name on the books of the corporation; provided,
however, that no one stockholder shall be entitled to
give more than ten votes at any election to be held
for the said president and directors.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said stock-
holders, their associates and successors, from the day