THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1846.

to them by said Williams at the time of his said applica-
tion, which conveyance has been made by said trustees
in pursuance of said decree; and whereas, it is just and
reasonable that all and every property which may here-
after be acquired by said Williams, shall belong to him
without vesting in nny trustee or trustees under said in-
solvent laws — Therefore,

CHAP. 284.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all and every property which said Amos A. Wil-

liams shall or may hereafter acquire, or which shall or
may accrue to him by gift, descent, or in his own right,
by bequest, devise, or in any course of distribution, snail
not vest in any trustee or trustees of said Williams,
under said insolvent laws, as provided by the second sec-
tion of the act passed at December session, eighteen
hundred and thirty-four, chapter two hundred and ninety-
three, but shall vest in said Williams, his heirs, execu-
tors, administrators and assigns, subject, however, to the
payment of any debt or debts, if any such there shall be,
to which said property would be liable in the hands of
such trustee or trustees.

CHAPTER 284.

Not to vest in
trustee, but in
Williams.

An act relating to the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of
Baltimore.

Passed March
9, 1847.

WHEREAS, the act to which this is a supplement,
passed December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-
four, designed and meant to embrace the president and
directors of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Balti-
more, and extend the charter of said Bank until the end

Preamble.

of the year, eighteen hundred and fifty-six; provided, said
corporation should be subject from and after the first day
of January, eighteen hundred and forty-five, to all the
rules, restrictions, limitations and provisions declared to
be the fundamental articles of the constitution of the cor-
poration, called the Merchants' Bank of Baltimore, and
the provisions of the 11th, 12th, 13th and 15th sections
of the act creating said corporation; and whereas, it is
apprehended that the said provision has the effect wholly
to repeal the fundamental articles of the Farmers' and
Merchants' Bank of Baltimore, as contained in the origi-
nal charter, passed eighteen hundred and ten, and the
acts supplementary thereto, and supplies others inappli-

Proviso.