WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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said act; and the stock of the said company, for

many years, was considered of no value, and in con -

sequence thereof the holders of said certificates of

stock became and were indifferent in preserving the

same, and transfers thereof were not made on the

books of the said company, by reason whereof it is

not known who are the bona fide owners of certain

Preamble.

shares of said stock, or whether such shares have

ever been duly assigned or transferred from the

original holders thereof, and in consequence of

which the affairs of the said company have become

complicated and embarrassed; now, therefore, for

the purpose of relieving the said company from such

complications and embarrassments, and to provide

means by which the legal and bona fide owners of

said certificates of stock may become known and

assert and establish their rights to the same :

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the president, managers-

and company of the said Boonsboro Turnpike Road

Company be and they are hereby authorized to

make publication in two or more newspapers pub-

Make publi-

lished in Washington county, Maryland, one in the

cation

city of Baltimore, and one or more newspapers

published in Jefferson county, West Virginia, giv-

ing notice to all persons holding or claiming to own

certificates of stock or shares in the capital stock

of the said company, to present such certificates of

stock, or such evidences of ownership or title to

shares in the said capital stock as may be within

their knowledge or possession, to the said president,

managers and company within six months after such

publication.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That upon such pre-

sentation, if made within the time aforesaid, it shall

be the duty of the president, managers and com-

pany of the Boonsboro Turnpike Road Company to

place the name of such person or persons on the

Place names

stock books of said company, and such person or

on stock book.

persons shall thereafter be taken and held as stock-

holders, and treated as owners of shares according

to the amounts or number of shares so shown to be

bona fide held or entitled to be held.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in case the said

president, managers and company shall refuse or

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