1832.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 239.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the Directors, at least once in every six months, to ap-
point, from the members of the corporation, three compe-
tent persons to investigate the affairs of the said corpora-
tion, and to make out a report thereof, which report shall

Record of pro-

ceedings.

be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, that shall be
open for the inspection, at all times, of any depositor or
member; and it shall be the duty of the Directors, on the
first Monday of February, and on the first Monday of Au-

Declare dividends

gust, in each and every year, to make and declare such di-
vidends of the profits as shall have been made by the invest-
ments hereinbefore provided for, after paying the expenses
of the Institution, and the same to pay over unto the mem-
bers of the said corporation, or their legal representatives,
within ten days thereafter.

Rights of inspec-

tion reserved

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the concerns of the in-
stitution hereby intended to be incorporated, shall be at
all times subject to the inspection of the Treasurer of the
Western Shore, or of such other officer or agent of the
State as may be selected for that purpose by either branch
of the Legislature.

Act limited to 1845

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall be and con-
tinue in force until the year eighteen- hundred and forty-five,
and until the end of the first session of the General Assem-
bly that shall happen thereafter.

CHAPTER 239.

Passed Mar. 16, 1833

An act to authorise the Levy court of Dorchester county, to
kvy a sum of money, for the purpose oj building a bridge
across Slaughter creek, in said county.

Levy court to ap-

point commission-

ers

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Levy court of Dorchester county, be
and they are hereby authorised to appoint, as soon as prac-
ticable after the passage of this act, five sensible and dis-

To examine and

survey

creet men, as commissioners to survey, examine and selet
the most suitable and convenient place to build a, bridge,

Select site

over Slaughter creek, somewhere between the place where
the present upper Ferry is now kept, and the Walnut land-
ing, on said creek; which said commissioners, or a majori-
ty of them, shall as soon as practicable, after their said ap-
pointment, proceed to examine, survey and locate some sui-
table place to build the said bridge, and shall also examine,