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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 90.

Passed
Mar. 1, 1854.

AN ACT to extend the time for the commencement of
the work of the North Branch Company.

Period ex-
tended.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the period of one year limited by the eleventh
section of the act of eighteen hundred and fifty-three,
chapter one hundred and eight, for the commencement
of the work of the North branch Company, be, and
the same is hereby extended to one year from and after
the passage of this act.

CHAPTER 91.

Passed
Mar. 1, 1854.

AN ACT to authorise the employment of an additional
clerk in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury.

Authority to
employ.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Comptroller of the Treasury,
be, and he is hereby authorised to employ an additional
clerk in his office, whose annual compensation is hereby
fixed and established at the sum of seven hundred
dollars.

In force.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the dale of the passage thereof.

CHAPTER 92.

Passed
Mar, 1, 1854.

AN ACT to enlarge the powers and authority hereto-
fore granted by the State of Maryland, to the Me-
chanics Exchange and Savings Company.

Power to in-
vest money.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Mechanics Exchange and Savings Company,
be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to
invest and re-invest their deposits, monies and funds in
such securities, stocks or personal property as may ap-