ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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and after the payment of its debts and liabilities the

remaining assets and property of said corporation shall

be divided among the stockholders or their assigns.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That any and all acts

or parts of acts, inconsistent with the provisions of

Acts repealed.

this act be, and are hereby repealed.

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage; provided that the

stockholders of said corporation, shall at a general

When effective.

meeting called by the board of directors of said corpo-

ration, giving at least two weeks, notice in two or more

daily newspapers published in the city of Baltimore,

assent to and adopt this act by the vote of a majority

Vote of majori-
ty of stock.

of the stock represented at such meeting in person or

by proxy, which assent and adoption shall be certified

by a majority of the directors under the seal of the cor-

poration, be transmitted to the clerk of the court of

appeals, and be by him recorded among the records of

his office.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 343.

AN ACT to provide for a general index to the Wills

recorded in the office of the .Register of Wills for

St. Mary's county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the register of wills for St.

Mary's county shall make a general index of all wills

Make index of

recorded in his office from the year, sixteen hundred

wills.

and fifty-eight to the present time, in a well bound

book suitable for that purpose, and shall receive the

same fees for making said index as he is now paid by

law for similar work.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever said

index is completed, the said register shall make out

his account for same against St. Mary's county, and

Verify account.

verify the same by oath, upon which the commis-

sioners of said county are authorized to levy for same

on the assessable property of said county.

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