1852.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 309.

on such execution shall be the amount recoverable, with
costs against the stockholders.

Company li-
able to pay la-
borer for
amount due
him by con-
tractor, &c.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That as often as any
contractor for the construction of any part of said rail
road, shall be indebted to any laborer, for thirty or any
less number of day's labor performed in constructing
said road, such laborer may give notice of such indebt-
ness to said company, in the manner herein provided,
and said company shall thereupon become liable to pay
such laborer the amount, due him for such labor, and an
action may be maintained against said company therefor;
such notice shall be given by said laborer to said com-
pany, within twenty days after the performance of the
number of days labor for which the claim is made;
such notice shall be in writing, and shall state the
amount and number of days labor, and the time when
the same was performed for which the claim is made,
and the name of the contractor from whom due, and
shall be signed by said laborer or his attorney, and shall
be served on an engineer, agent or superintendent em-
ployed by said company, having charge of the section

of the road on which such labor was performed, perso-
nally, or by leaving the same at the office or usual place

of business of such engineer, agent or superintendent,
with some person of suitable age, but no action shall be
maintained against said company under the provisions of
this section, unless the same is commenced within thirty
days after notice is given to the company, by such
laborer as above provided.

Statement of
affairs of com-

pany.

Removal from

office.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That at the regular
annual meetings of the stockholders of said company,
it shall be the duty of the president and directors in

office, for the preceding year, to exhibit a clear and
distinct statement of the affairs of the company; that at
any called meeting of the stockholders, a majority of
those present, may require similar statements from the
president and directors, whose duty it shall be to fur-
nish them, when thus required; and that at all general
meetings of the stockholders, a majority (in value) of
all the stockholders in said company, may remove from

office any president, or any of the directors of said com-
pany, and may appoint others in their stead.

President and
directors to
appoint offi-
cers.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That the said president
and directors, or a majority of them, may appoint all such

officers, engineers, agents or servants whatsoever, as
they may deem necessary for the transaction of the bu-
siness of the company, and may remove any of them
at their pleasure; that they, or a majority of them, shall
have power to determine by contract, the compensation