PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1849.

other proper manner for the government of said com-
pany.

CHAP. 187.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That no member of said
company shall be answerable in his person, or his pri-
vate individual property, for any contract or engage-
ment of said company, or for any losses or failures of
the capital stock thereof, but its capital stock, and all its
properly, rights and credits, shall at all times be an-
swerable for demands against said company, that the
persons herein incorporated shall be and hereby made
capable, by the name of the Pocomoke Steamboat com-
pany, to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity,
or any other place, to have and use a common seal, and
alter it at pleasure: nevertheless, it shall be lawful for
the General Assembly of Maryland, to incorporate any
other company of similar purposes, as are had in view
by this company, and it shall be lawful for any person
or persons of this State, to engage in the same, or simi-
lar business for which this company is formed.

Responsibility
of members.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the General As-
sembly of Maryland hereby reserves the right to repeal,

alter or amend the chatter at any time hereafter, when-
ever it may be deemed expedient.

Right reser-
ved.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall be in
full force and operation from the day of its passage.

CHAPTER 187.

In force.

An act to authorise Nicholson Vansant, executor of
Nicholas Vansant, to execute a deed of conveyance

for certain real estate therein mentioned.

Passed
March 1, 1850.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assembly
of Maryland, that Nicholas Vansant, late of Howard
district, died seized in possession of certain real estate,
situated in the district, aforesaid, and that in his last will
and testament he directed that as soon as convenient,
after his death, all his real estate be sold, and, after the
payment of his just debts, the balance to be disposed as
directed by said will, and as doubts have arisen whether
his executor, Nicholson Vansant, was legally authorised
under said will to sell and convey said real estate, and
whereas, Nicholson Vansant, executor as aforesaid, acting
under the order and authority of the orphans court of

Preamble.