PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1849.

Thomas, Charles Hammond, and Rezin Hammond,
of Anne Arundel county, and Alexander Gauld, and
Robert S. Hollins, of Baltimore city, and others, their
successors and assigns, be and they are hereby created
and made a body politic by the name and title of the
Patapsco Ferry Company, and by that name and title
shall have succession, and shall be capable in law to
sue and be sued, in any court of law or equity, to
have and to use a common seal, and at pleasure to
alter the same, and generally to do all such acts as
shall be proper and necessary for establishing and con-
ducting a line of steam or other ferry boat or boats,
for the conveyance of passengers, horses, carts, wa-
gons, carriages, and freight of every description, be-
tween some point at or near to the intended terminus
of Light Street, in the city of Baltimore, and some
suitable point on the opposite shore, in Anne Arundel
county, and to charge such tolls therefor, as said com-

CHAP. 201.

pany may deem right and proper; provided, said toll

does not exceed the following rates, namely: for every
foot passenger, six and one-fourth cents; horse and
rider, twelve and one-half cents; cart or wagon, with
one horse, mule, or ox, fifteen cents; cart or wagon,with
two horses, mules, or oxen, seventeen and one-half
cents; cart or wagon, with three horses, mules, or
oxen, twenty-five cents; cart or wagon, with four
horses, mules, or oxen, thirty-five cents; pleasure car-
riage and one horse, eighteen and three-fourths cents;
pleasure carriage and two horses, thirty-seven and
one-half cents; pleasure carriage and four horses,
seventy-five cents; head of horses, mules, or cattle,
eight cents; sheep, swine, and so forth, five cents.

Proviso.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of
said company shall be divided into shares of twenty-
five dollars each, and shall not exceed twelve hundred
shares, to be subscribed for or disposed of from tune
to time, in such manner as the bye-laws or resolu-
tions, made in pursuance of this charter, shall direct.

Capital stock,
&c.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the affairs of this
company shall be managed by a president and five

directors, to be chosen from among the stockholders
of said company, the president to be a member of
said board of directors, the said president and direc-
tors shall be elected on the first Monday of May, in
each and every year, or within sixty days thereafter,
three weeks notice of the same having been given in
at least one newspaper published in the city of Anna-
polis and the city of Baltimore, and to continue in
office until a new election, a majority of said presi-

Affairs— how
managed.