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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to issue stock not exceeding in the aggregate the
sum of six thousand dolllrs, in shares of twenty-
five dollars, said stock to be a lien on all the real
estate of said corporation, the .certificate of said
shares of stock to be signed by the said President

Proviso.

and attested by the Secretary, sealed by the corpo-
rate seal; provided, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to confer banking powers upon
said corporation, or to authorize them to issue any
thing to be used as currency, or a circulating me-
dium.

Stocks trans-
ferable.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That said stock shall
be transferable only in the books of said corpora-
tion.

Their succes-
sors.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That all acts and
deeds of the Trustees of the said Church, and their
successors, which are not inconsistent with this
act and the laws of the land, be and the same are
hereby made good and valid in law, and the lands
and tenements conveyed to the said Trustees be
and the same are hereby vested in the said eorpo-
i ation and their successors ibrever.

Right reserv-
ed.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the Legislature
hereby reserves the right to alter amend or repeal
this act of incorporation at pleasure.

In force.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 36.

Passed Feb.
17,1864.

AN ACT to compensate Neilson Poe for legal
services rendered by order of the Governor.

Treasurer to

pay-

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Comptroller be and he is
hereby directed to issue his warrant upon the
Treasurer to pay to Neilson Poe, or to his order,
one thousand dollars, for legal services rendered
the State in the case of The State of Maryland vs.
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, by
order of the Governor.