EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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descriptions of property, securities, mortgages, lands, certi-
ficates of indebtedness, stock of incorporated companies,
loans on bonds of the United States, or of any government,
colony, State, city, county or municipality, or of any incor-
porated company, or of any individual.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said company shall
have power of guaranteeing or insuring the payment and

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punctual performance of bonds, rents, annuities, mortgages,
ground rents, evidences of debt, certificates of property of
value, either of individuals, corporations or partnerships,
loans, of governments, States, cities, counties and municipali-
ties, on such terms or commissions as may be agreed upon
or established by said company and the party dealing there-
with.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the company is authorized
to take, have, hold and enjoy all such estates, real, personal

Additional
powers
granted.

or mixed, as may be obtained by investment of its capital
stock and all other moneys or funds that may come into its
possession in the course of its business dealings, and the
same to sell, rent, lease, mortgage and dispose of in any
manner at its pleasure, and to acknowledge and deliver all
deeds and other instruments of writing concerning the same.
SEC. 8 A. And be it enacted, That said company shall be

To take, have,
hold and
enjoy certain
estates.

subject' to the provisions of Chapter 109 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1892, and any supplements thereto
and amendments thereof, and the liability of the stock-
holders thereto shall at all times be determined by the laws
of this State in force at the time the said liability may
attach.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 23, 1906.

CHAPTER 148.
AN ACT to regulate the time for taking, catching or gather-
ing hard shell crabs in the waters in the State of Mary-
land.

Liability of
stockholders.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
take, catch or gather hard shell crabs in any of the waters

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When unlaw-
ful to take or
catch crabs.