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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sing the stockholders of the time and place of hold-
ing said meeting.

Shares trans-
ferable.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That in all meetings
of the stockholders of the said company, each share
of stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vole,
to be given in person or by proxy, and said shares
shall be considered as personal properly, and shall
be transferable in such manner as may be provided
by the by-laws of said company.

Banking for-
bid.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That nothing contain-
ed herein shall be construed as granting banking
privileges in any way or form to said company, or ex-
empting their property and effects from general tax-
ation.

Reservation.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the Legislature
reserves the right to alter and amend this act of in-
corporation whenever the public interest may require
it.

In force.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from and after the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 335.

Passed Mar
10, 1856.

A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled an act to in-
corporate the town of Westminster, in Carroll
county, by the name of the city of Westminster,
passed at December session, eighteen hundred
and forty-nine, chapter two hundred and ninety-
nine.

New assess-
ment.

SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the Mayor and Common
Council of Westminster be and they are hereby au-
thorised and empowered to cause a new assessment
to be made of all and every description of property
within the limits of said city, which is mentioned and
described in the first section of the act passed March
session, eighteen hundred and forty-one, chapter
twenty-three, or otherwise existing in any shape
and not specially exempted by the said act of March
session, eighteen hundred and forty-one, chapter