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CHAP. 327.
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ceeding one hundred dollars, which may be recover-
ed in the name of the said company, by an action
of debt before any justice of the peace, and also be
subject to an indictment in the Circuit Court for the
county where such offences may be committed, and
upon conviction of such offence, shall be punished by
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
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Act to be null
if road not
finished in ten
years.
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SEC. 23. And, be it enacted, That if this road or roads
shall not be commenced in five years from the passage
of this act, and shall not be finished in ten years from
the time of its commencement, then this act shall be
null and void.
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Banking for-
bid.
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SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That nothing in this
act shall be so construed as to authorise the said com-
pany to issue any note, token, scrip or other evidence
of debt, to be used as currency, and the Legislature
hereby reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal this
act at pleasure.
CHAPTER 327.
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Passed May
29, 1852.
Incorporated.
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AN ACT to Incorporate the National Mining Com-
pany.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That George R. Hazewell, Charles L.
Rowand, Edward E.Jones, Adam Shank, Charles Ho-
rine, George Strause, and John Oswald, their associates,
successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby created
and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the
name and style of the National Mining company, and
by that name shall have succession, and shall be capa-
ble to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity,
and in any other place whatever, to have and use a
common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, to establish
and to change any by-laws for the organization of the
said company, so that the same be not contrary to the
laws of this State or of the United States, or inconsis-
tent with the provisions of this charter; to purchase, lease,
rent, hold, hire, pledge and dispose of real and personal
property, necessary for the purposes of said company,
and in general to have and exercise all such other
rights, powers, facilities and privileges whatsoever, as
shall or may be necessary or proper for the purpose of
exploring for lead, copper and older metals and minerals
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