WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1838.

as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and in
the event that a like subscription shall be made by the
city of Baltimore, then the Mayor and City Council
of said city, shall have the right to appoint three di-
rectors in said company to represent the stock of said
city.

CHAP. 264.

Governor authoris-

ed to appoint

them.

A like power to the
Mayor and C. C. of
Baltimore.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said fund is here-
by pledged for the payment of the said subscription
hereby authorized; provided, the president and direc-
tors of the said Chesapeake Steam Towing Company,
shall file with the said treasurer, a copy of a resolu-
tion passed at a meeting of the stockholders thereof,

Fund pledged for
payment.

Condition.

authorizing all bay vessels of this State, to pass
through the track, or tracks, opened by their several
boats, free of charge, provided, the tonnage of said
bay vessels shall not exceed sixty-tons.

CHAPTER 263.

Vessels may use

track.

An act authorizing the Commissioners of Baltimore
County to appoint Trustees to the Poor of said county.

Passed Mar. 27,
1839.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the first day of Febru-
ary, eighteen hundred and forty, the commissioners of
Baltimore county shall appoint three efficient and well
qualified persons from said county, to act as trustees
to the poor of said county, and such appointment shall
be made annually on the first Monday in February,
or at their first meeting thereafter.

May appoint three

trustees annually.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That no trustee shall serve
for more than five successive years, unless he shall re-
ceive the unanimous vote of the board of commissioners.

CHAPTER 264.

Restriction.

An act to authorize Ann L. Emory, to bring into this
State, sundry negroes, slaves for life.

Passed Mar. 28,
1839.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act it shall and

May import.