CHARLES RIDGELY, (of Hampton) Esq. Governor.

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deepening and walling up all that part of Jones' falls in the city
of Baltimore that may be bounded by public streets, and for
conveying the stream of water passing down Harford street in
said city to the basin, in a culvert or tunnel below the surface
of said street, to be equally divided for those purposes; which
bond shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of Baltimore
county, and suits may be brought and prosecuted thereon, at the
instance and for the use of any person or persons interested,
in the same manner as suits are brought and prosecuted on oth-
er bonds given to the state.

CHAPTER. 210.

An act to alter and change the name of Lewis Pinney, of the
city of Baltimore, into the name of Lewis Lea.
WHEREAS, Isaac O. Lea, of the city of Baltimore, having
adopted Lewis Pinney, an orphan aged about three years, and
intending to educate and support the said orphan as his own
offspring, hath applied to this General Assembly to alter and
change the name of the said Lewis Pinney into Lewis Lea ;
and it appearing reasonable that the said petition should be

granted.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Lewis
after the passage of this act, to take upon himself the surname of
Lea instead of his present surname, and also for the descendants
of the said Lewis to take upon themselves the surname of Lea;
and the surname of the said Lewis shall be, and is hereby chang-
ed and altered into the surname of Lea, and the said Lewis and
the heirs of his body shall at all times hereafter be called by,
hold, and use the surname of Lea only.

, Passed Jan.

29, 1816.
Preamble.

Name chan-
ged.

CHAPTER 211.

An act to incorporate the president and directors of the Ætna
company.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Joseph Jamison, George C. Smith, Joshua Jones,
John Brown, Robert Fisher, John S. Smith, Robert Bigham and
John K. Rowe, and all other persons who may be from time
to time stockholders in said company be, and they are hereby
created and declared to be a body politic and corporate by the
name and style of the President and directors of the Ætna
Company, and by that name and under that style shall have
succession during the continuance of the present incorporation,
and be authorised to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded
as well in law as in equity; also to fix upon, make, have and us a
common seal liable to be changed or altered at pleasure; and to
ordain, constitute and establish such by-laws, rules and re-
gulations as shall from time to time teem advisable and necessa-
ry for the better management and promotion of the said compa-
ny, not inconsistent with or contrary to this act, or the consti-
tution and laws of this state or of the United States.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the stock or capital of
said company shall not exceed forty thousand dollars, and to
consist of sixteen shares only.
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the whole of the stock-
holders shall be directors, and be convened on the first Monday

Passed Jan.
29, 1816.
Style—ef-
fect in law.

Capital.

Annual meet-
ing.