THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Mining Company shall be changed to that of the
Piedmont Coal and Iron Company, whenever at
any general meeting of the stockholders of said
company, this act shall he accepted and approved
by the holders of a majority of the whole stock of
the company.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That from and after
the acceptance and approval of this act, as pro-
vided in the 1st section, the said corporation shall
be called and known as the Piedmont Coal and
Iron Company, and by that name may sue and he
sued, and shall have, use and exercise all the
rights and privileges given by the original char-
ter, and any supplements thereto; and shall be
liable for all the debts, contracts and engagements
of said corporation, as fully in every respect as if
this act had not been passed.

To be known
as the Pied-
mont Coal and
Iron Company.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the Legislature
reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal this
act at pleasure.

Reservation.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the time of its passage.

CHAPTER 52.

In force.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, an act incor-
porating the Maryland Institute tor the promo-
tion of the Mechanic Arts, passed December
session, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, chap-
ter 114.

Passed Feb-
ruary 4, 1858.

WHEREAS, under the 3d section of the act of the
General Assembly of Maryland, incorporating
the Maryland Institute, authority is given for
the formation of a School of Design, adapted to
mechanical and manufacturing purposes; And
whereas, such school has been instituted, and
is now in effective operation in the teaching of
designing and drawing, in all the departments
of mechanics and manufacturing; And, whereas,
it is believed that the benefits resulting from

Preamble.