JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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Court at the hour of one P. M. on Saturday of each week ;
provided, either judge of the Circuit Court of said county
may order and direct at any time said office to be kept open,
and the clerk and such deputies to remain for such a time as
said judge may deem necessary to the convenience of the
Court.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 13, 1902.

CHAPTER 46.
AN ACT to amend and supplement the Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at its December Session, 1835,
Chapter 328, entitled an Act to incorporate the George's
Creek Mining Company, as amended and supplemented by
the Act of said General Assembly, passed at its May Session,
1836, Chapter 382, entitled a supplement to the Act to incor-
porate the George's Creek Mining Company (whereby,
amongst other things, the name of said company was
changed to the name of the George's Creek Coal and Iron
Company) by authorizing an increase of the capital stock of
the said company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for the board of

CHAP. 46.

Hour of
closing on
Saturday.

directors of the George's Creek Coal and Iron Company, or a
majority of them, either at one time or from time to time, as
to them shall seem best, to increase the capital stock of the
said company, by the addition of so many shares as they may
deem necessary, not exceeding fourteen thousand shares, of the
par value of $100 each, and for said additional shares of stock
so to be issued the said board of directors, at their option,
may cause subscriptions to be received in the manner prescribed
by them, or they may sell the same for the benefit of the said
company, or cause a portion of said shares to be subscribed for
and a portion thereof to be sold as aforesaid, or they may
distribute "the same or such portion of the same as they shall
deem tit as paid-up stock amongst the stockholders of said
company at the time or times of the issue thereof, pro rata,
according to the number of shares of stock held by such stock-
holders, respectively, at the time or times of such increase of
said capital stock ; and in case they shall distribute Only a
portion or portions of said additional shares of stock amongst
said stockholders, they may from time to time cause the

Lawful to
increase
capital stock.