A. W, BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the stock of
said company shall be deemed personal estate,
that all the property, estate and joint stock of the
corporation shall be bound and answerable for its
debts and liabilities.

Stock to be
deemed per-
sonal property

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That nothing con-
tained herein shall be construed as granting bank-
ing privileges to said corporation or exempting
their property and effects from general taxation.

Banking pro-
hibited

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the General
Assembly reserves to itself the right to alter,
amend or repeal this act of incorporation at plea-
sure.

Reservation.

CHAPTER 190.

AN ACT to repeal sections forty-four, forty-five,
forty-six and forty-seven of Article sixty-one of
the Code of Public General Laws relating to
Mechanics' Lien, and to re-enact the same with

amendments,

Passed March
24, 1865

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That sections forty-four, forty-
five, forty-six and forty-seven of Article sixty-one
of the Code of Public General Laws be and the
same are hereby repealed, and re-enacted with
amendments, so as to read as follows :

Repealed.

44. All boats or vessels of any kind whatsoever
used or intended to be used on the waters of the
Chesapeake bay and its tributaries, the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal and other waters of this State, as
carriers of freight or passengers, and all other boats
or vessels belonging in this State shall be subject
to a lien and bound for the payment thereof, as
preferred debts, for all debts due to boat builders,
mechanics, merchants, farmers or other persons,
from the owners, masters or captains, or other

Subject to
ben.