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Dec. Sess.
1815.
May hold
any number of
shares--direc-
ors.
Repeal.
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delinquent, or his legal representatives on demand; but in case
of the death of any stockholder, his heirs, executors or admin-
istrators shall be allowed the term or period of twelve months
forgiving the promissory notes aforesaid, or for the sale of the
share or shares of such deceased person before any forfeiture shall
incur, or sale take place by the board of directors as aforesaid.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That any person or body politic
may hold any number of shares over and above ten shares in
the said company, which shall have been previously allowed
and approved by the board of directors; but in all such cases
other and approved endorsers to the promissory notes aforesaid,
must be given by the stockholder so claiming to hold the addi-
tional number of shares, and in no case shall the same endor-
ser be taken and received as sufficient for more than ten shares;
and all stockholders shall be eligible as directors of said com-
pany.
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That so much of the act to
which this is a supplement, as interferes with, or is repugnant
to this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
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Passed Jan.
29, 1816.
Shall adver-
tise— owners
not applying.
Owners ap-
plying.
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CHAPTER 214.
A further supplement to the act entitled, an act to regulate the
inspection of tobacco.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the inspectors at the several tobacco ware-
houses, shall on or before the first day of April next, and in
the same month of every year thereafter, cause to be inserted
in some one of the Baltimore newspapers, once in each week
for three months, and set up at the court house door of his coun-
ty an advertisement, stating the name of the ware-house, the
weight gross, tare and net, the number and the person in whose
name the same may have been inspected, of all tobacco which
may have remained in his ware-house for the space of four years,
the owners whereof are unknown to the inspector; and if the
owner of such tobacco shall not apply for the same within six
months from the date of such advertisement, and pay the whare-
house charges due on said tobacco, and the cost of advertise-
ment, it shall be the duty of the inspector to sell the same at
public sale; and the several inspectors shall annually account
with and pay to the levy court the amount which they may
have received for any tobacco sold as aforesaid for the use of
the county.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the owner of any
tobacco sold as aforesaid, shall within one year from the sale
thereof satisfy the Levy court of the county wherein the same
may have been sold, that the tobacco so sold was bis right and
property, the said Levy court shall at the time of laying the
next county levy, assess and levy on said county for the use of
the said owner, the principal sum which the said levy court
may have received for such tobacco, deducting therefrom the
ware house charges due thereon together with the costs of ad-
vertising.
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Passed Jan.
29, 1816.
Terms—
when to be
holden.
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CHAPTER 215.
An act to alter the times of the holding of the Court of Appeals,
and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the first day of February next,
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