THOMAS KING, CARROLL,
ESQ. GOVERNOR. 1829.
take to the hurting or hindrance of any person either
purchaser
or seller of any article of manufactured silver to be assayed,
and will true account make of all acts done by me in virtue of
my office as assayer, whenever I shall be required so to do by
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, so help me God."
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CHAP. 53.
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Sec. 6. And be it enacted,
That all fines and penalties incurred
under the provisions of this act shall be recovered before a
Justice of the Peace, as small debts are recoverable, in the
name of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the one
half thereof to the said Mayor and City Council for the use of
the City, and the other half for the use of the informer.
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Fines recoverable
and applied.
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Sec. 7. And be it enacted,
That nothing in this act contained
shall operate or be construed to extend to those who do not
deal in silver ware, plate or manufacture thereof, as a means
of traffic in the way of trade and merchandise.
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Only dealers in
silver liable.
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Sec. 8. And be it enacted,
That the informer in all cases
arising under this act shall be a competent witness to prove
the same.
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Informer a witness.
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CHAPTER 54.
An act to Incorporate the Black Water and Purson's Creek
Canal Company,
in Dorchester County.
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Passed Feb. 3, 1830.
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Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland,
That John Brohawn, Robert Tubman, Joseph Stewart, Levin
Wolford, Charles Tubman, Anthony Thompson and Samuel
Brohawn, or such of them as will consent to act, be, and
they are hereby appointed commissioners, who shall cause
books to be opened at such times and places as they may deem
advisable, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the
capital stock of the company, to be incorporated by the provisions
of this act; notice having been given, as the said commissioners
may deem expedient, of the time and place of
opening the said books, and continue the same open from
time to time, so long and as often as they find necessary to
complete such subscriptions.
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Commissioners to
open books.
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Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That
the capital stock of the said
company shall be five thousand dollars, in shares of ten dollars
each; and all individuals and bodies politic and corporate are
hereby authorised and empowered to subscribe for such
amount of said stock, as they may think proper: Provided
nevertheless, that if the subscription shall exceed the amount
required and authorised by this act, the commissioners shall
regulate the same in such manner as to effect a just apportionment
of the stock among the subscribers; and provided also,
that at the time of making the subscription to the said capital
stock, there shall be paid to the said commissioners upon each
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Capital—shares—
apportionment—
payment.
Proviso.
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