SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That William Whitelock, Thomas
Y. Canby, Samuel S. Woolston, Philip S. Chap-
pell and Bernard Gilpin, their associates, succes-
sors and assigns, be and they are hereby created a
body corporate, by the name and style of the
"South Baltimore Chemical Works," and by that
name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be
capable in law to hold and dispose of property,
real, personal and mixed, fee simple or leasehold,
to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to
answer and defend, and be answered and defended
in any Court of law or equity, and in any other
place whatsoever, to receive and make deeds and
contracts, to make, have, and use a common seal,
and the same to change, alter and renew at plea-
sure, to ordain and establish such by-laws, ordi-
nances and regulations as may appear necessary
for regulating the concerns of said corporation,
not being contrary to this act, to erect and estabr
lish chemical works in Baltimore city or county,
or in either place; to purchase and sell all kinds of
chemicals, whether manufactured or not; to man-
ufacture and work chemicals 'in all its branches,
and generally to do all such acts and things as
shall be proper and necessary to procure chemi-
cals, to work and manufacture the same, and to
sell and dispose of the same.
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Incorporated.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock
of said corporation shall be one hundred thousand
dollars, divided into two thousand shares, of fifty
dollars each; and privilege is hereby given to the
said company to increase its capital stock to three
hundred thousand dollars, by new subscriptions,
whenever the same .shall be so determined by the
Board of Directors.
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Capital stock.
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