1842

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 52.

No member
in person to
be answerable
for losses.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That no member of the said
society shall, in his individual capacity, be answerable for
any losses, deficiencies or failures of the joint fund of the
said society for any more or larger sum or sums of money
whatsoever than the current amount by hun payable into
the common fund of the society.

Proposition to
dissolve to be
in writing.

SEC. 9. And be if enacted, That if at any time, it may
be thought necessary to dissolve this society, a proposition
to that effect shall be laid on the table in writing at a stated
meeting of the society, and may be discussed at the next
stated or special meeting, but shall not be finally decided
on, until it has been fully nine months before the society,
and shall not take effect, unless four fifths of the members
present concur therein.

Issuing of
notes forbid.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall
be construed as to authorise the said corporation, to issue
any note, token, scrip, device, or other evidence of debt,
to be used as currency.

Rights reser-
ved.

SEC. II. And be it enacted, That this act of incorporation
shall enure for thirty years from its passage, and that the
legislature reserves to itself the right to alter or annul this
act of incorporation at pleasure.

CHAPTER 52.

Passed Feb.
2, 1843.

An act to incorporate the Union Hall Company of Fell's
Point.

Incorporation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That William S. Espy, William Colton, Ri-
chard Wells, and such other persons as may become stock-
holders in said Union Hall Company, their successors and
assigns, be and they are hereby created and made a corpo-
ration and body politic, by the name and style of the Union
Hal) Company; and by that name, may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend
and be defended in any court of law or equity, and so or-
dain and establish such bye-laws, rules and regulations, as
may be necessary for the good government of the concerns
of said corporation, not contrary to the laws of this state,
or of the United States, and the same to change, alter,
add to, or amend as may appear necessary or proper, and
to have, make and use one common seal, and the same to
change and renew at pleasure, and generally to do every
other act or thing necessary to carry into effect the provi-