THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1815.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That there shall be a semi-
annual dividend of profits upon shares of stock; mid the
first shall he made on the first Monday of January, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-eight, if the sum then received
shall be deemed sufficient for that purpose, and semi-
annually thereafter.

CHAP. 281.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That a majority of said,
directors shall be competent to transact all the business,
and discharge all the duties authorised and directed by
this act.

Majority of
directors may
transact busi-
ness.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That if subscriptions shall
not be received by said commissioners to the amount of
one half of the capital, as aforesaid, in that case, the said
commissioners, or a majority of them, shall be and are
authorised to re-open the books of subscription from time
to time, until one-half of said capital shall be subscribed;
provided, that the same notice be given of such re-open-
ing as directed in the first instance.

May re-open.

Proviso.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act
shall be so taken or construed, as to allow the said corpo-
ration, to issue any token, scrip, or device, to be used as
a currency; and that the legislature hereby reserves to
itself the right to alter or annul this act of incorporation
at pleasure.

CHAPTER 281.

Issues forbid.

An act to prevent unlawful dealings with Negroes, and the

reception of Stolen Goods, in Calvert County.

Passed Mar.
7, 1846.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act,
it may be lawful for any three creditable inhabitants of
the county, to go before the county court of Calvert
county; or if such court be not in session, to any judge
thereof, and make oath, that they verily suspect or be-
lieve that any person having a license to sell or trade in
said county, deals unlawfully with negroes of mulattoes,
or is in the habit of receiving stolen goods; and upon the
receipt of said oaths by the court or judge, the said court
or judge, shall issue a summons returnable upon a cer-
tain day, to such person so authored to trade or sell,
directing him to appear and answer the charges in the
said affidavit contained; and upon the return day of the

Three persons
may go before
court.