JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 749

of this State, or the United States, to an amount
exceeding ten thousand dollars, or to any other
State of this Union, or to any foreign prince or
State, to any amount whatever, without the pre-
vious consent of the Legislature, nor to any one
corporation or person an amount exceeding at any
one time ten per cent, of the capital stock actually
paid in ; and the capital stock and funds of said
corporation shall be deemed and taken to be per-
sonal and not real estate.
SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That it shall not be
lawful for the said corporation to make discounts
in or pay out any bonds or money other than gold	What to pay out.
or silver coin, the lawful currency of the United
States, notes issued by the authority of this char-
ter, and notes of other banking institutions re-
ceived at their par value by the corporation paying
them out.
SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That if at any time
the said corporation shall neglect or refuse to pay
in gold or silver, or lawful money of the United States, any of its notes, bills or obligations, or money received on deposit, in violation of the	Obligations- how paid.
promises, contract or undertaking of the said cor-
poration, the person or persons entitled to demand
and receive such payment shall respectively receive and recover interest on said bills, notes, obligations
and deposit, until the same shall be fully paid and
satisfied, at the rate of six per centum per annum
from the time of such demand.
SEC. 26. And be enacted, That the continuance
of said corporation shall be on the condition that
stockholders thereof shall be individually respon- sible, equally and ratably, and not one for another,	Equally re- sponsible.
for all debts, contracts and liabilities of said cor-
poration to the extent of the amount of their
stock therein, at the par value thereof, in addition
to the amount invested in such shares ; and upon
this further condition, that this act and every part
thereof may be altered from time to time or re-
pealed.
SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That if the corpora-
tion shall at any time suspend its payments, the