LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1844.

at all meetings of stockholders each share shall be entitled
to one vote, which may be given by the stockholder in
person or by proxy.

CHAP. 196.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That nothing herein con-
tained shall authorise the said corporation to hold real es-
tate, or exercise banking privileges, or issue notes or evi-
dences of debt intended for circulation.

Issues forbid.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act of incorpora-
tion shall remain in force for the period of thirty years, un-
less sooner repealed by the General Assembly.

In force thirty
years.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the Legislature here-
by reserves the right at any time hereafter to alter, amend
or repeal this charter.

Right reserv-
ed.

CHAPTER 196.

A supplement to an act to Regulate the Fees of Notaries
Public, passed at December session, eighteen hundred and
forty-one, chapter two-hundred and eighty.

Passed March
6, 1845.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Notaries Public shall hereafter be allow-
ed to received as a fee for protesting any note, draft, bill
of exchange, or check, for non-acceptance or non-payment,
the sum of two dollars, one dollar of which fee on any pro-
test, and no more, it shall and may be lawful for the said
Notaries to retain for their own use, and the residue it is
hereby made their duty semi-annually, to pay over to the
Treasurer of the Western Shore; and every Notary Pub-
lic failing or neglecting to comply with the requirements
of this section, shall forfeit in each case the sum of twenty

Fees of Nota-
ries Public.

dollars, to be collected and paid for the use of the State.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the Notaries Public shall at
the time of making payment of the proportion of the fees
hereby required to be paid into the treasury, accompanying
such payment by a statement under oath, showing the num-
ber of protests made by him, and the fees received there-
for.

Statement of
fees under
oath.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all such parts of the act, to
which this is a supplement, as are inconsistent with the
provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repeal-
ed.

Repealed.