Incorporated
— rights and
powers.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That Washington Booth, Wil-
liam H. Keener, Jesse Tyson, William S. Rayner,
Robert R. Kirkland, John J. Abrahams and
George W. Grafflin and such other persons as with
them or in their place, shall become stockholders
in said corporation, their successors and assigns,
be and they are hereby created a body corporate
and politic by the name and style of the "Patap-
sco Copper Smelting and Manufacturing Compa-
ny," and by that name may sue and be sued,
answer and defend, in any court of law or of equi-
ty, and may ordain and establish such by-laws,
rules and regulations as shall appear necessary for
conducting the concerns of such corporation, not
contrary to the laws of this State, or of the United
States, and the same to change, alter and amend
as they may deem proper; and may have and use
a common seal, and generally may do any act or
thing necessary or proper to carry into effect the
provisions of this act, and to promote the designs of
the corporation.
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Corporation
empowered.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said cor-
poration be and it is hereby empowered to procure
by mining therefor or otherwise, copper and other
metalic ores, and to smelt and prepare the same
for manufacture; and to manufacture the product
of said copper and other ores, and to vend such
ores and products and manufactures at any place
or places, to transport or export the same for sale
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