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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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the by-laws of said company, and shall be considered
as personal property.
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Affairs—how
managed.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted,
That the affairs of the
said company shall be managed by a president and
three directors, who shall be chosen annually by the
stockholders, to serve for one year, and until others
shall be elected, and until the first election of directors
shall be held the said Charles F. Mudge, Joseph H.
Tucker, Michael P. O'Hern and George B. M. Price,
shall have full power and authority to exercise all corporate
powers of said company, and in case of any
vacancy occurring in the presidency or directors of said
company, the remaining directors shall have the power
to fill such vacancy, to appoint some other stockholders
until the next general election thereafter.
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Banking forbid.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted,
That nothing in this
act be so construed as to authorise the said corporation
to issue any scrip, note, token, device or other evidence
of debt to be used as currency.
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Passed May
12, 1853.
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CHAPTER 205.
AN ACT to make valid the acts, and continue in office
until the next general election, the constables of
Washington county.
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Legal and
valid.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted
by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the appointment of constables by
the county commissioners for Washington county, be
and the same is hereby declared legal and valid to all
intents and purposes whatever; and it shall be lawful
for the said constables, holding their appointments as
aforesaid, and who have given the usual bonds prescribed
by law, to do, perform and exercise all and
singular the duties and office of constable in the said
county, until there shall be a regular election and qualification
of constables in the said county, in as full and
ample a manner as if their appointment or election had
been in all respects legal and valid; and the bonds
given by such constables so as aforesaid appointed and
approved by the said commissioners, shall be to all
intents and purposes, as effective and liable as if the
said constables had been regularly appointed, according
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