76 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

		Chapter 69. AN ACT to repeal sections two and three of the act of eighteen hundred and eighty-six, chap- ter one hundred and forty-five, entitled "An act to incorporate the Pro vident Savings' Bank, of Baltimore," and to re-enact the same with amendments. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
	Repealed and re-enacted.	sembly of Maryland, That sections two and three of the act of eighteen hundred and eighty-six, chapter one hundred and forty -five, entitled "An act to incorporate the Provident Savings' Bank of Baltimore," be and the same are hereby re- pealed and re-enacted to read as follows : SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the general busi-
	General busi- ness object.	ness and object of said corporation shall be the establishment of a central office in the city of Baltimore, and branches in said city and in the counties of the State of Maryland, where said corporation shall be capable of receiving from any person or persons, bodies corporate or poli- tic, any deposit of money which shall be invested or loaned out on good security, in the discretion of the directors ; provided that no part of the funds of said corporation shall be loaned to any officer or director thereof. It shall be the duty
	Declare divi- dends.	of the directors, at least as often as every twelve months, to make and declare such dividend of the interest and profits of said institution as will not impair the deposit thereof, or otherwise in- jure or effect the interest or credit of said insti- tution, and the same to pay over to the deposi- tors, or their legal representatives, within thirty days thereafter if called upon so to do ; and no director or other officer shall be liable in his per- son or property for any debts, contracts or en- gagements of said corporation, and nothing more shall be liable for the same. SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the affairs of
	Affairs— how managed.	said corporation shall be managed by a board of such number of directors as its by-laws may provide ; such number to be not less than fifteen nor more than forty ; that the first directors of said corporation shall be the persons named in