1836.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 9T.

shall be filed, under his official seal, shall be filed and
recorded in like manner, in the office of the clerk of
every such county.

Affidavit of ac-

tual payment,

by special part-
ners

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That at the time of filing
the original certificate with the evidence of the acknow-
ledgment thereof, as before directed, an affidavit of one
or more of the general partners, shall also be filed in
the same office, stating that the sums specifed in the
certificate, to have been contributed by each of the spe-
cial partners to the common stock, have been actually

Tthe certificate a
prerequisite

and in good faith, paid in cash.
SEC. 6 And be it enacted, That no such partnership
shall be deemed to have been formed until a certificate
shall have been made, acknowledged, filed and record-
ed, nor until an affidavit shall have been filed as above

Otherwise lie,
bility

directed; and if any false statement shall be made in
such certificate or affidavit, all the persons interested
in such partnership, shall be liable for all the engage-
ments thereof, as general partners.

Publication of

partnership re-

quired

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the partners shall
publish the terms of the partnership when registered,
for at least six weeks, immediately after such registry,
in two newspapers, to be designated by the clerk of the
county in which such registry shall be made, and in one
newspaper in each county in which the said partner-
ship shall have a place of business; and if there should
be no newspaper published in such county, then in such
newspaper as the clerk of said county may designate,
and by notices set up at the court-house door, and also

Else the part-

nership is

deemed gene-
ral
Affidavits of
publication

at some public place in each election district of the
county, where such partnership, or any branch thereof,
may be located; and if such publication be not made,
the partnership shall be deemed general.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the affidavits of the
publication of such notice, by the editors of the news-
papers in which the same shall have been published,
and the affidavit of some disinterested person, in cases
where publication by notices at public places, may be
necessary, that said notice or notices were put up
agreeably to the provisions of the sixth section of this
act, may and shall be filed with the clerk directing the
same, and shall be evidence of the facts therein con-
tained; and the clerks of the several county courts in
which any registries shall be made or papers filed,