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Dec. Sess.
1815.
exceed double
the capital.
Restriction.
Term of en-
actment.
Proviso.
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Bank of Maryland shall at no time be indebted for an amount
exceeding double its capital, and in ease of excess all directors
under whose administration it shall happen, consenting thereto,
shall be liable in their individual characters, it being understood
that property deposited for safe keeping shall not be consider
ed as debts within the meaning of this clause.
27. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in proportion as the
several banks herein before, referred to shall be concerned it
the capital stock of the Consolidated Bank of Maryland, the
said several banks shall be restricted in the amount to which
they are permitted to be indebted by their respective charters
and the capital stock of the said banks shall be reduced in pro-
portion to the amount subscribed in the Consolidated Bank
respectively.
28. AND BE IT ENACTED, That this act shall contin-
ue in force until the expiration of the year eighteen hundred
and thirty five, and to the end of the next session of assembly
thereafter; Provided, that in case the banks of the city of Balti-
more shall on or before the first day of October next, by no-
tice in writing to the several chartered banks of this state, out
of the said city, agree to receive, reissue and circulate, the
notes of the said several chartered banks, and to continue to
receive, re-issue and circulate the same, then and in that event,
this act shall be and remain inoperative, and without effect;
but in case the said banks of the city of Baltimore shall tail to
make such notice in writing as aforesaid, or in case they shall
at any time after the period herein limitted, refuse to receive,
re issue and circulate the said notes, then the commissioners
may proceed to give notice, and carry into effect the provisions
of this act.
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Passed Jan.
27, 1816.
Sums may
be levied.
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CHAPTER 170.
An act for the relief of sundry poor out pensioners.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the levy court of Baltimore county be, and they are
hereby authorised to levy on the assessable property of said
county so long as they shall see fit, thirty dollars annually, for
the support of Shedrack Tipton; and a like sum annually for
the support of Benedict Foster; and said court are required to
levy a like sum annually for the support of Martha Scandin;
and that the levy court of Saint Mary's county be, and they
are hereby authorised to levy on the assessable property of
Saint Mary's county, so long as they shall see fit, thirty dol-
lars annually, for the support of Sarah Thompson; and the like
sum annually for the support of Catharine Joy; and a like
sum annually for the support of Charles C. Cullins, to be paid
to his mother Elizabeth M'Mullins; and a like sum annually
for the support of Susanna Highfield; and that the levy court of
Frederick county be, and they are hereby authorised to levy on
the assessable property of Frederick county, so long as they
shall see fit, thirty dollars annually, for the support of David
Cahoon; and that the levy court of Anne Arundel county be,
and they are hereby authorised to levy on the assessable prop-
erty of Anne-Arundel county, so long as they shall see fit,
thirty dollars annually, for the support of Rachel Deale; and
that the levy court of Worcester county be, and they are here-
by authorised to levy on the assessable property of Worcester
county, so long as they shall see fit, thirty dollars annually, for
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