1847.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 12.

ordinances of the burgess and commissioners of Me-
chanicstown, or for non-payment of any line or forfeiture
which may be imposed by the said burgess, or any jus-
tice of the peace of Frederick county, for a violation of
any of the ordinances of said corporation, according to
the tenor of said commitment, until discharged by due
course of law, or by payment of the fine, forfeiture and
costs.

Money for
support to be
advanced.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said bur-
gess and commissioners of Mechanicstown shall, at the
time of commitment, and weekly thereafter, during the
confinement of the person so committed, pay to the said
sheriff the sum of one dollar, to be applied to the support
of the person so committed, which money so paid, shall
be repaid to the said burgess and commissioners of Me-
chanicstown before the person or persons so committed
shall be discharged; and in case the said burgess and
commissioners of Mechanicstown shall fail, refuse or
neglect to pay said sum weekly, at the expiration of any
one week after such failure, refusal or neglect, the person
or persons so committed shall be discharged by the she-
riff from jail, upon payment of all monies previously ad-
vanced for support.

In force.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall
take effect immediately on the passage thereof.

CHAPTER 12.

Passed

Jan. 11, 1848.

An act to incorporate the Independent Guards, the First
Company, Second Battalion, of the Twenty-eighth
Regiment, of Frederick County.

Incorporated.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act,
George Rinehart, S. C. Mentzer, Joseph Long, William
Shibbits Jacob Rudy, and others, who now are, or may
hereafter become members of said company, and their
successors, are hereby declared to be a body corporate,
by the name, style and title of the Independent Guards,
and by that name may hold real and personal property,
not exceeding in value the sum of two thousand dollars,

exclusive of the arms and equipments of said company.

Corporate
powers.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said company,
and their successors, by the aforesaid name, shall be ca-
pable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be implead-