442 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAPTER 327. AN ACT to incorporate the Maryland Brick Manu- facturing Company.
Passed March 10, 1864.	SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That John Berger, E. J. Hall, Wil- liam Callow, H. H. Goldsborough, Henry Gantz and R. Fowler, their associates, successors and as- signs, be and they are hereby incorporated and created a corporation and body politic, by the name of the Maryland Brick Manufacturing Com- pany, and by that name may have perpetual suc- cession, may sue and be sued, may make and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and may do and perform, all such other acts in relation to the objects and purposes of the incorporation hereinafter declared and necessary for the exercise of the powers and rights, granted to the said cor- poration by this act which any corporate body may do; provided such acts be not contrary to law. .
Objects de- clared.	Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the objects and purposes of the said corporation are declared to be manufacturers of bricks, and such other articles, as can be manufactured from clay, at the pleasure of the corporation, and for their objects and pur- poses, the said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase and hold, alien and dispose of lands and factories, in fee simple, or for any other estate, and to erect buildings, and other improvements upon such lands, as may be deemed convenient, and to procure by purchase, or other lawful means, all kinds of necessary materials, goods and chattels, and the same to use, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of as fully and freely, as any individual may lawfully do.
Capital stock.	Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation, shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divid- ed into shares of one hundred dollars each, and every person becoming a proprietor of one or more shares of the said stock, shall in virtue thereof be a member of said corporation, and the said capital stock may in whole or in part, consist of, or be vested in lands, buildings, machinery, tools, or