1852.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 131

CHAPTER 130.

Passed May
13, 1852.

AN ACT to refund to the Rev. Nicholas 1. Watkins,
thirty-two dollars and seventy-three cents, being the
amount overpaid the State by said Watkins for
State Taxes.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it appeals by the memorial of the Rev.
Nicholas I. Watkins, that he has for many years past,
been compelled to pay State taxes on a greater quantity

of land, in Anne Arundel county, than he owned,
Therefore,

Treasurer au-
thorised to

pay.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the Treasurer upon the warrant

of the Comptroller, pay to the Rev. Nicholas I. Wat-
kins, or to his order, the sum of thirty-two dollars and
seventy-three cents, being the amount overpaid the
State by the said Watkins, for State taxes, as appears
from a certificate of the clerk of the commissioners of
tax for Anne Arundel county.

In force.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall go
into effect from and after the day of its passage.

CHAPTER 131.

Passed May
11, 1852.

AN ACT to incorporate the Merchants Exchange
Company of Baltimore.

Incorporated
&c.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That I. Hall Pleasants, William Sperry,
George P. Kane, William R. Traverse and Wilmot John-
son, and their associates and assigns, shall be, and are
hereby incorporated and made a body politic, by the
name of the Merchants Exchange Company of Balti-
more, and by that name shall have perpetual succes-
sion, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, of
pleading, answering; and defending in any court of law
or equity, may make, have, use, alter and renew, a
common seal, may purchase, hold, improve, dispose of
and convey estate and property, real, personal and
mixed, and exercise all such other powers as are au-
thorised hereby in the manner provided by this act.

Capital stock.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock

of the Merchants Exchange Company of Baltimore