LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

ments concerning the same ; to collect ground rents, interest
on mortgages, dividends and incomes of all kinds, and to have
the management and custody of all kinds of property, on such
terms as it may arrange.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the corporation shall have

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power to act as the fiscal or transfer agent of any State,
municipality, body politic or corporate, and in such capacity to
receive and disburse money, and transfer, register and counter-
sign certificates of stock, bonds or other evidences of indebted-
ness and to receive and manage any sinking fund of any cor-
poration, on such terms as may be agreed upon.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, Said corporation shall be sub-

Act as trans-
fer agent.

ject at all times to the provisions of the Act of 1892, chapter
109, as amended by the Act of 1896, chapter 160, and to Act
of 1896, chapter 279, and to all general laws applicable to com-
panies or associations of a nature similar to that mentioned in
this Act.
SEC. 13 A. And be it enacted, That the General Assembly of

Subject to
certain
provisions.

Maryland reserve the right to repeal, alter or annul this Act at
its pleasure.

Bight
reserved.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 9, 1898.

CHAPTER 264.
AN ACT to repeal sections fifty-eight and sixty-two of Arti-
cle seventeen of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Clerks of Courts," sub-title ''Clerks of the Circuit Courts,"
and re-enact the same with amendments.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Effective.

land, That sections fifty-eight and sixty-two of Article seven-
teen of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Clerks of
Courts," sub title "Clerks of the Circuit Courts," be and the
same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as fol-
lows :
58. They shall grant to every person who shall apply for

Repeal

the same, such license as he may desire, and be authorized to
obtain, properly filled up and signed by them, but they are
hereby expressly forbidden to antedate any license or issue
to any person or persons any license other than in the month
for which the same is legally obtainable, under a penalty of

License

granted