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poratioii; and such consolidated corporation shall be liable for
all the debts, contracts and engagements of the said constituent
corporations as fully and to the same extent as such constituent
corporations have been liable therefor at the time of the con-
solidation ; as soon as such consolidation shall have been deter-
mined upon the corporations so uniting or consolidating shall
execute a certificate of consolidation, signed by the proper
officers respectively, under their respective seals, setting forth
the terms of such consolidation; the said certificate shall be
filed in the office of the Secretary of this State; when said cer-
tificate shall be filed the said consolidation shall be considered
completed.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That no stockholder in
said corporation shall be held liable or made responsible for
its debts and liabilities in a larger or further surn than the
amount of any unpaid subscription upon his, her or its stock.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That said body corporate
within the scope of the full enjoyment of all the purposes here-
inbefore mentioned shall have and enjoy, besides the powers
and privileges in this Act particularly enumerated, all other
general powers, provisions and privileges conferred by the
general incorporation laws of this State upon companies duly
incorporated under the same, and shall be subject to the gen-
eral regulations in such laws provided, except in so far as they
are or may be altered by or are in conflict with the provisions
of this Act.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the board of direc-
tors of said corporation shall consist of not less than five nor
more than twenty-five members; provided, however, that said
company shall be subject to the provisions of article 11 of the
Public General Laws of this State, title "Banks," and any
amendments thereof, and the liability of the stockholders there-
of shall at all times be determined by the laws of the State
in force at the time the said liabilities may attach.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the principal office
of said corporation shall be located in Baltimore city.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1908.

CHAPTER 303.

AN ACT to authorize, empower and direct the County Com-
missioners of Queen Anne's county to grant a pension of fifty
dollars annually to Rebecca Lewis, spinster, of said county,