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12. And be it enacted, That the election of directors shall be by
ballot, and before every election the directors for the time being
shall appoint three stockholders, not being directors, to conduct the
election, who, or a majority of them, shall receive and count the
ballots, and declare in writing the persons elected to serve as direc-
tors for the then ensuing year.
13. And be it enacted, That if it should be found that the amount
which may be subscribed lor, or the amount authorised to be sub-
scribed for as aforesaid, shall not be sufficient to complete said
bridge, the president and directors shall have power to direct books
to be opened at such times, and such places, and under the direc-
tion of such commissioners, as they may think proper, for such an
additional amount of stock as by them may be deemed necessary to
complete the same, and said president and directors shall have
power to call for such instalments from the stockholders, from time
to time, as they may think necessary.
14. And be it enacted, That if any stockholder should fail to pay,
on receiving due notice, any instalment which may at any time be cal-
led for, for the space of one mouth, he shall forfeit the sum or sums
before paid by him on his stock to the use of the said corporation,
and shall also forfeit his right to said stock on account of which
he shall be delinquent; and the said president and directors shall
have power to sell said stock for the use of said corporation, and
the purchaser or purchasers of the same shall be considered a stock-
holder or stockholders in said corporation, to all intents and pur-
poses; and if any forfeited share or shares of stock shall not produce
on sale a sum sufficient to discharge the balance due thereon, and the
expenses of sale, the said delinquent stockholder or stockholders
shall remain liable for the balance due.
15. And be it enacted, That the said bridge shall be built in a se-
cure and substantial manner, and shall be secured and supported at
each end by good and sufficient abutments, or piers, and there shall
be a draw in the said bridge at the deepest part of the channel, so
as to afford a convenient passage to vessels up and down the said
river, of at least twenty feet wide; and the president and directors
for the time being, shall keep a sufficient number of hands at all
times ready for the purpose of raising the said draw, in order to
admit vessels to pass through without delay or interruption, for
which no reward shall be demanded or received; and in case of
any neglect, the said president, and directors may be indicted in
Anne-Arundel county court, as for a common nuisance.
16. And be it enacted, That for and in consideration of the great
risk and expenses to be incurred by said company, not only for
building the said bridge, but for keeping the same in continual re-
pair, the said bridge, when built and completed according to the
directions of this act, and all its profits, shall be and the same are
hereby vested in the said company for ever, to be held as tenants in
common, in proportion to their respective shares.
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CHAP. 100.
Elections to be by
ballot
Books may be
opened for additi-
onal stock
On failure to pay
any instalment,
sum before paid to
be forfeited
Bridge, how to be
built
Vested in company
for ever
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CHAP. CI.
An Act for the benefit of William Turnbull, of Baltimore County.
1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall
and may be lawful for Baltimore county court, upon the petition of
Mary Turnbull, wife of William Turnbull, of Baltimore county,
or upon the petition of some near relation or connexion of the said
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Passed Feb. 2, 1820
On application
court may issue a
commission de lu-
natico inquirendo
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