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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dec. Sess.
1813.

Case of com-
pany's failure,
state to resume
the rights, &c.

9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the said com-
pany does not proceed to curry on said work within two
A ears after the passage of this act, or shall not within ten
years thereafter complete the said road, it shall be lawful
for the legislature of this state to resume the rights, lib-
erties, privileges and franchise granted by this act to
the said company.

Commission-
ers appointed
—damages
sustained.

10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court
of Prince George's county shall appoint five commission-
ers who shall estimate the amount of damages sustained
by any person or persons, by reason of said road pass-
ing through his, her or their land, or by taking stone,
gravel or other materials for the use of said road, in ca-
ses where the parties cannot agree, which estimate shall
be final in determining such damages.

CHAPTER 145.

Passed Jan.
29, 1814.

An act to incorporate the Washington Blanket and Wol-
len Manufacturing Company of Prince George's coun-
ty.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is represented to this General Assem-
bly, by the petition and memorial of Daniel Bussard,
and company, that they have raised a capital, and have
established a Blanket and Wollen Manufactory, on the
Paint Branch, in Prince George's county, for the purpose
of manufacturing blankets, and other woolens; and the
said Daniel Bussard and company, having by their me-
morial petitioned this General Assembly for an act of
incorporation in favor of the said company, and this
General Assembly desirous of promoting the laudable
exertion of its citizens in establishing manufactories in
this state, yielding to the prayer of the said petition;
Therefore,

Company in-
corporated.

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That the said Daniel Bussard and
company, together with all such persons as may become
stockholders in the said company, be, and are hereby
created and declared one body politic and corporate, by
the name and style of The Washington Blanket and
Woollen Manufactory, and by the same name and style
shall have succession, and be able to sue and be sued,
implead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equi-
ty, and to make have and use one common seal, and the
same to change and alter when and so often as they shall
think fit, and to ordain and establish such bye-laws, or-
dinances and regulations, as shall appear necessary for
the conducting the concerns of said company, not being
contrary to this act, or the constitution and laws of the
United States.

Amount of
capital stock.
Shares. Al-
lowance to E.
Cobb.

2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the capital stock
of said company shall be sixty four thousand dollars,
money of the United States, to consist of six thousand
four hundred shares of ten dollars each, one half