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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

by the directors, on at least sixty days notice, published
at least twice a week in two or more of the daily news-
papers in the said city.

Privilege.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the privilege to
increase the capitals of the banks aforesaid, or if any of
them may be exercised either before or after the pro-
visions of the act, passed at the session of eighteen hun-
dred and fifty-three, entitled an act to continue the cor-
porate existence of the several banking institutions
therein mentioned, shall operate on the several Banks
aforesaid.

To report to
Treasurer.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That whenever any of
said banks shall increase its capital as hereby autho-
rised, it shall forthwith report the same to the Treasurer
of the State; and such bank shall thereupon pay annu-
ally into the treasury, the school tax of twenty cents on
every hundred dollars of such increased capital.

In force.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from its passage, and nothing therein contained
shall be applicable to savings institutions not now
authorised to issue bank notes.

Report annu-
ally to Trea-
surer.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said banks
shall report under oath of the president or cashier, an-
nually to the Treasurer of the State, what amount of
their capital stock consists of stock, note or notes, re-
ceived directly or indirectly for stock not paid in.

CHAPTER 112.

Passed
Mar. 9, 1854.

AN ACT to make valid a deed from Archibald Etzler
and Sarah his wife, Lloy Etzler and Hannah his wife
others to Thomas Sappington, Jr.

Preamble.

WHEREAS Archibald Etzler and Sarah his wife, of the
State of New York, Lloy Etzler and Hannah his
wife, of the State of Indiana, Elizabeth Waltz, Wil-
liam Job and Sarah his wife, Dennis Etzler and
Ann his wife, and Joseph W. Etzler, of Frederick
county and State of Maryland, made and executed
a deed to the said Thomas Sappington, Jr., for cer-
tain real estate, lying and being in the said county
of Frederick, which said deed is regularly recorded