60 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

limits of the State of Maryland may become parties defendant,
and upon so becoming parties shall not be proceeded against
in any other State or Territory or in the District of Columbia,
in respect of any liability imposed by the said Section 64, as
said section stood before the repeal thereof, and which existed
at the time of the passage of this Act hereinbefore referred to.
This section shall become operative as of July 1, 1907, and shall
cause the abatement of all actions at law which shall have been
brought against said stockholders since that date to enforce any
liability created by Section 64, as said section stood before the
repeal thereof, and which existed at the time of the passage of
this Act, hereinbefore referred to; provided, however, that as to
any plaintiff or plaintiffs in any of said abated suits, who shall,
within sixty days from the passage of this Act, become a party
or parties to a bill in equity of the character mentioned in this
section, then, as regards the operation of the Statute of Limi-
tations upon the claims so sued on, the time elapsed between
the institution of said abated suits and the time of such plain-
tiff or plaintiffs becoming a party or parties to said bill in
equity, shall be included in ascertaining the period within
which suits are required to be brought by the said Statute of
Limitations, the costs taxable to any plaintiff or plaintiffs in
any action at law which shall be abated under the provisions of
this section, the plaintiff or plaintiffs in which action shall be-
come a party or parties to a bill in equity under the provisions
of this section, shall become a part of the costs taxable in the
proceedings in said equity case.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 153.

AN ACT to repeal Section 85L of Article 23 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland of 1888, title "Corpora-
tions, " sub-title "General Regulations, " as the same was
originally enacted by the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of 1892, Chapter 109, and repealed and re-enacted
by the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1904,
Chapter 101, and as the same now appears in the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland of 1904, Article 23, Sec-
tion 104, title "Corporations, " sub-title "General Regula-
tions, " and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 85L of Article 23 of the Code of Public Gen-