E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted,
That at least two or
more of the directors of said company shall be residents
of this State, and notice of the meetings of the
stockholders of said company for the election of directors
and for other purposes, shall be given in two or
more newspapers published in Baltimore city, at least
thirty days before the day named for holding any such
meetings.
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Two directors
to be residents
of State.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted,
That this act shall go
into effect from the day of its passage.
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In force.
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CHAPTER 217.
AN ACT to establish a Ferry between Port Deposit and
Havre-de-Grace.
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Passed May
18, 1853.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted
by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the judge of the circuit court for
Cecil county, be and he is hereby authorised and empowered
to grant a license to David White, to keep a
ferry from the town of Port Deposit, in Cecil county,
to Havre-de-Grace, in Harford county, such license to
be renewed annually, upon he payment of five dollars,
to the Register of Wills of Harford and Cecil counties,
respectively, for the benefit of the common school fund
of said counties.
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Authority to
grant license.
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SEC. 2. And
be it enacted, That said the judge is
hereby authorised and directed, annually during the continuance
of this act, in the month of May, to order,
direct and determine the several rates of ferriage that
shall be charged, and if any higher rates of ferriage shall
be taken by said David White, or any person or persons
in his employ, than is ordered by said judge, the
person so offending shall forfeit and pay to the injured
person the sum of five dollars.
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Rates of
ferriage
to be
fixed by judge.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted,
That said judge may
license any other person or persons to keep and run
a ferry boat between the points named in the first
section of this act, but such person or persons shall be
subject to all the requirements, restrictions and penalties
contained in this act.
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Judge may
license any
other person.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted,
That the said ferry when
licensed by the judge aforesaid, shall thereafter be
deemed and taken as a public ferry, and shall be called
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Public ferry.
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