THOMAS W. VEAZEY. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1837.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall be the duty of the Governor
annually to nominate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, to appoint five directors on the
part of the State, as contemplated by the act of eighteen
hundred and thirty-five, chapter three hundred and
thirty-eight, section seven, to serve for the year, from
the date of such appointment.

CHAP. 312.

Governor to ap-
point 5 direc-
tors annually.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the election of di-
rectors required by the act referred to in the preced-
ing section, other than the State directors, shall be
conducted in the following manner, that is to say, the
directors for the time being, shall annually appoint two
of the stockholders, not being directors, to be judges
of said election, and to conduct the same, after having
severally taken and subscribed an oath or affirmation,
before a judge, or justice of the peace, well and truly,
and according to law, to conduct such election, and
the said judges shall decide upon the qualification of
voters, and when the election is closed, shall count the

Election of
other directors.

votes and declare who have been elected: and if it shall
happen that an election shall not at such time be made,
the corporation for that cause shall not be deemed to

If omitted.

be dissolved, but it shall be lawful to hold and make
such election on any day thereafter within three months,
by giving at least thirty days notice, signed by the
president or secretary, in two or more convenient
newspapers, of the time and of the place designated by

May thereafter

elect.

law for holding such election: and the president and di-
rectors of the proceeding year, shall in that case con-
tinue to act, and be invested with all the powers be-
longing to their respective stations until another elec-

Officers mean-
time.

tion shall take place, and in the case of death, resigna-
tion, removal from the State, or vacancy from any
other cause, of any president or director, bis place

Case of vacan-

cies.

shall be filled by a majority of the board of directors
until the next annual flection; and the president, with
any six or more of the directors, or in the absence of
the president, any six or mure of the directors, who
shall appoint a president pro tempore, shall constitute
a board for the transaction of business.

President pro
tem.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That whenever it shall

Case of obstacle
in obtaining
right of way.