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CHAPTER 176.
A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act for incorporating
a Company for erecting a Bridge over Nanticoke River
at or near Vienna in Dorchester county.
Sec. l Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the time for procuring and opening the books of subscription for
shares in said company, be and the same is hereby extended to the
first day of January eighteen hundred and twenty, and that Charles
Venables and William Russum, of Somerset county, and Doctor
Clement Stanford of Dorchester county, are hereby appointed com-
missioners, in addition to those appointed by the act to which this
is a supplement, to carry said law into effect.
2. And be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this
act, the proviso in the tenth section of the art to which this is a sup-
plement, authorising the levy courts of Dorchester and Somerset
counties to levy and assess the sum of two hundred dollars on each
of the said counties, to be paid to the president and directors of
said company, be and the same is hereby repealed, and that the
president and directors of said company be authorised to demand
and receive from the people of said counties, the same tolls which
they are authorised to demand of persons not residents of said coun-
ties.
3. And be it enacted, That in lieu of the tolls authorised by the
act to which this is a supplement, to be collected from foot passen-
gers crossing said bridge, they shall not be authorised to demand or
receive a greater sum than three cents from each foot passenger.
4. And be it enacted, That one-third part of the capital stock of
said company be reserved for the use of the state, to be subscribed
for by the treasurer of the eastern shore, and paid out of any unap-
propriated money in the treasury, whenever the remaining two-thirds
shall have been subscribed.
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CHAP. 176.
Passed Feb 11 1819
Time for opening,
subscriptions ex-
tended.
Proviso in tenth
section of former
law repealed.
Not to demand
more than 3 cents
for each foot pas-
senger.
One third of the
capital to be re-
served for the use
of the state.
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CHAPTER 177.
An act to facilitate the recovery of debts due from the seve-
ral Banks in this State, and to compel the said Banks to
pay Specie for their Notes, or forfeit their Charters
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland. That
any person having a claim upon or bidding a note of any bank in
this state, under fifty dollars, after demand of payment of such
claim or note at the bank, and refusal or neglect to pay, may re-
cover judgment for the same before a justice of the peace of the
county where the bank is established.
2. And be it enacted, That the proceedings under the above pro-
vision shall be a summons to,be served by the proper officer on the
president or cashier of the bank, or to be left at the banking house,
during the usual banking hours; and in all other respects shall be
according to the provisions of an act, entitled. An act for the spee-
dy recovery of small debts out of court, and to repeal the acts of
assembly therein mentioned, and the supplements thereto.
3. And be it enacted, That any bank neglecting or refusing to
pay its debts, shall pay an interest at the rate of six per centum
per annum, to commence from the time of demand of payment of
the particular debt, and neglect or refusal to pay.
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Passed Feb 15 1819
Person holding a
note of any bank
under $50, and
demanding pay-
ment, upon refu-
sal may recover
judgment before
a justice of the
peace.
How to proceed
in the above case.
Bank neglecting
to pay its debts to
pay an interest of
six per cent &c.
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