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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
Passed March
21, 1853.
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CHAPTER
38.
AN ACT to prescribe proceedings in equity in certain
cases wherein a corporation
is a party.
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Authorised to
give public
notice against
corporations.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted
by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That in any suit which shall be hereafter
commenced in any court of this State having
equity jurisdiction, and within the jurisdiction of siad
court, against any corporation, whether domestic or
foreign, and neither the president nor any of the directors,
officers or agents of such corporation shall reside
in this State, it shall be lawful for said court to authorise
notice to be published against such corporation as
is now done in the case of absent defendants, and to
pass on the non-appearance of such corporation according
to the terms of such publication, a decree pro-confesso,
or upon exparte testimony taken in such cause,
against such corporation, as is now done where the
absent defendant is a natural person.
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In force.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted,
That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
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Passed March
19, 1853.
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CHAPTER
39.
AN ACT to amend the charter of the Frostburg Coal
Company.
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Preamble.
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WHEREAS, It is represented to
this General Assembly
that the Frostburg Coal company, incorporated by
the State of Maryland, has lately acquired a laege addition
of mineral lands to those already held by said
company, and that to enable said company to develope
the resources of its property, it is necessary that the
capital stock of the said company should be increased;
Therefore,
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Capital stock
increased.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted
by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the capital stock of the said company
may be so increased as to consist of not more than
twenty thousand shares of one hundred dollars each.
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Meetings.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted,
That the meetings of
the stockholders and the president and directors of the
said company, shall be held at such time and place, and
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