JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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from time to time be fixed by the stockholders, there shall be
elected seven directors of said company, who shall thereafter
elect one of their number for president, and hold their office
until their successors are duly elected and qualified, and four
directors shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, it
being the duty of the president, for the time being, to cause
thirty days' notice of the time and place of holding each
annual election, to be given by one or more advertisements to
a newspaper published in Hagerstown and in Baltimore; and
in all elections the stockholders may vote in person or by
written proxy, according to the number of shares held, each
share of stock being entitled to one vote, and a quorum of
directors, for the time being, shall be judges of the election,
and no one shall be a director who is riot a stockholder ; and
in case of vacancy in said board by death or resignation of
the president or a director, a quorum may fill said vacancy by
electing some stockholder to such vacancy.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.

CHAPTER 283.
AN ACT to authorize and direct the County Commissioners
of Prince George's County to pay John Miller, Robert Lee
Manning and George W. Hardy two hundred dollars for
expenses incurred by them in the disputed election case of
Wells and Duval vs. Miller and Manning, and Pyles ve.
Hardy.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

CHAP. 282.

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of directors
elected.

Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Prince George's
county be and they are hereby authorized and directed to pay
John Miller, Robert Lee Manning and George W. Hardy the
sum of two hundred dollars for their costs and expenses in the
contested election cases of Wells and Benj. F. Duval vs. John
Miller and Robert Lee Manning, and William D. Pyles vs.
George W. Hardy.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.

Sum of
money to be
paid.