1848.

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 60.

To levy.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the commissioners of
Cecil county, be and they are hereby authorised and em-
powered at their next annual levy, if in their judgment it
it shall be necessary and expedient, to levy upon the asses-
sable property of said county, the sum of five hundred
dollars, and at their next annual levy thereafter, the further
sum of five hundred dollars, and pay the same over when
collected to the bridge commissioners, and the said bridge
commissioners shall give bond, with approved security to
the said commissioners of Cecil county, for the respective
sums of money placed in their hands, and for the faithful
expenditure thereof, in the building of said bridge.

Not to enter
upon duty un-
til cnty. com-
missioners le-
vy.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
named in the first section of this act shall not enter upon any
duty imposed by this act, until the commissioners of Cecil
county, shall have levied the money authorised under this
act.

CHAPTER 60.

Passed Feb.
2, 1844.

An act to incorporate the Covington Manufacturing Company
of Maryland.

Incorporated.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Evan T. Ellicott, Henry Jackson, Andrew
Ellicott, John G. Jackson and Elias Ellicott, their asso-
ciates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby crea-
ted a corporation and body politic, by the name and style
of the Covington Manufacturing Company, and by that
name may have perpetual succession, and shall be able and
capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
answer and be answered in any court of law or equity, and
to make and use a common seal, and to ordain and establish
such by-laws, and regulations as shall be necessary or con-
venient for conducting the affairs of the corporation not
repugnant to law.

Capital.

Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That the objects of said cor-
poration are declared to be the making and manufacturing
of and trading in iron and other articles, for which purpose
they are hereby authorised to purchase, hold and sell land
in fee simple or otherwise, necessary to the conduct of the
business, and to erect thereon all needful or convenient
buildings, that the capital stock of said corporation shall
not be less than one hundred thousand nor more than four
hundred thousand dollars.