THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1836.

or owners thereof as a security for the payment of any

or pledging the same shall until forfeiture of the pledge,
upon exhibiting to the person or persons holding any
election in such incorporated company, a certificate in
writing from the pledge or pawnee of such stock, cer-
tifying that the same is held in pledge or by hypothe-
cation, be deemed and taken to be the holder or holders,

CHAP. 265.

owner or owners of such stock within the intent and
meaning of this act, and as such shall be entitled to
vote thereon, subject to the same conditions as are pre-

Pawnee may

vote

scribed in the second and fourth sections of this act;
provided, that this act shall not be construed to apply
to any proxy given before the passage of this act by
any stockholder now out pf the United States, or to
any stockholder now residing beyond the United States,
and having no partner in trade in the United States;

Restriction

and provided, that nothing in this act shall be constru-
ed to extend to the next election of directors or other
officers in any private corporation, where such election

Further restric-
tion

shall or may take place prior to the expiration of thir-
ty days from the passage of this act; and provided far-
ther, that this act shall not be in force unless it be pub-
lished in at least two daily newspapers printed in the
city of Baltimore, for at least fifteen days before the
twentieth day of April next.

Publication re-
quired to give
validity

CHAPTER 265.

An act to provide for the inspection and weight of An-
thracite or Bard Coal, and for the measurement of
Bituminous Coal.

Passed Mar. 18,
1837.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That there shall be annually appointed
by the Governor and Council, two discreet and compe-
tent persons, who shall be weighers of anthracite or
hard coal, and measurers of Bituminous coal, for the
city of Baltimore.

Appointment of
weighers

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all anthracite or
hard coal hereafter sold, within the city of Baltimore,
shall be sold .by the ton, and two thousand two hun-
dred and forty pounds of any coal shall be allowed to

Weight of An-
thracite regu-
lated