1843.

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 159.

place of such general meeting, and at all such meetings the
votes shall be taken as in the manner of electing directors,
and a majority of the stock represented at said meetings
shall have the power of directing the winding up and clos-

Constituted
Directors.

ing the concerns of said company.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the persons named in
this act are hereby constituted directors, with power to
choose from among their number a president, and that they
be hereby further empowered to act as, and exercise all the
powers of president and directors under this law, until
superseded by an election of directors, pursuant to the pro-

Issue forbid.

visions of this act.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the said corporation
is hereby prohibited from issuing any note or evidence of
debt to be used as currency, and that the right is hereby
reserved to modify, change or repeal this act at pleasure..

In force 30
years.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That this act shall con-
tinue for thirty years, from the date of its passage, if not
sooner repealed by the General Assembly.

In 60 days
President and
Directors to
deliver to Re-
gister.

Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the president and directs of said corporation within sixty
days after the said company shall be organized and the
stock in the same subscribed, to deliver to the register of
Baltimore city, or to the levy court or county commission-
ers of the county in which the same may be situated or
held, a true and faithful account of all the stock, property
and assetts belonging to said company, that the same may
be rateably assessed and taxed as the property belonging
to individuals.

CHAPTER 159.

Passed Feb
24, 1844.

An act to incorporate the Baltimore and Liberty Turnpike
Road Company.

Preamble.

Whereas it is represented to this General Assembly, by
the petition of the inhabitants of Baltimore county, who
reside on or near the Liberty road, the present county road
which for a large portion of the year, is almost impassable,
subjecting them to great inconvenience, and not unfrequently
almost excluding them from market. Therefore,

Incorporated.

Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That a company be incorporated to make a
Turnpike road from the city of Baltimore, beginning at the
intersection of the Reisters-town Turnpike road and the