Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-05-04

Company has full power to issue its bonds or
other securities on the pledge of its property,
estate and franchises, bearing interest at q
rate not exceeding six per centum per annum,
redeemable at any time within twenty years,
and not exceeding in amount the sum of five
hundred thousand dollars, In addition to its
bonds already issued, and dispose of the same
for the objects aforesaid; and no bonds of the
said Company issued, in good faith, for the
construction, completion or equipment OF the
said Railroad shall be annulled or abated
because the same may have been disposed by
the said Company at less than its par value.
SEC. 8. -And be u enacted, That in the election
Of Directors on the part of the private stock
holders, the stock of the State Stock shall not
be voted nor shall the same be counted in
aseer:aining the presence of quorum neces-
sary for such election.
SIC. 4. And be IL enacted, That this act shall
take effect and operate from the day of its
passage.
A BILL entitled An Act further to regulate
the relation of creditor and debtor between
the State of Maryland and the Susqnehanna
and Tide Water Canal Companies
Whereas, The Susquehanna and Tide Water
Canal Companies, by reason the calamitous
freshet which occurred in the Susquehanna
about the time of the passage of the act OF the
last session in relation to the said Companies
have been unable to comply with the terms
and conditions of the said act and, Whereas
it is manifestly the interest of the people of
this State to continue and increase, in every
possibly way, the efficiency of said works,
which can only be done by the fostering
encouragement Of this State; therefore,
SEC. l. BE il enacted By The General assembly
Of Maryland, That the Governor, Comptroller,
and Treasurer of the State, conjoiutly, or any
two Of them, be and they are hereby author
lied and instructed to relinquish the arrear-
ages of interest and exchange due from the
said Companies, to the first day of January,
eighteen hundred and sixty-fve, and to settle
with the said Companies upon the terms of
said Act of Assembly of last session, except as
to said arrearages provided, that in case OF
any default in the payment of the said IN
terest on the renewed bonds in accordance
with the said Act Of Assembly of the last
session, the said arrearages shall be revived
and again become due and payable as fully
and completely as If this act had never been
1 passed.
| SIC. g. lind be ii further enacted That here
! after on all merchandise passing to or from
| Columbia through the outlet lock AT Bell s
| Ferry, and loaded in or to be discharged at
| Port Deposit the tolls shall be one-twelfth
| less than the tolls charged on articles of the
same class from Columbia TO Havre-de- Grace
and at all future elections for managers, six
/ of the number shall be residents ofand chosen
| from Maryland, and the principal Office of the
said Companies shall be located in the city OF
Baltimore as heretofore.
SEC. 3. lind BE IL enacted That the said COM
panies SHALL on completion of the enlargement
of the canals with which they are in eonnee-
ton, make their canal of u corresponding
depth. a
/ SEC. 4. 1fad he IL enacted, That so much Of
1 the provisions of the act of eighteen hundred
and sigty-fiye, chapter one hundred and ninety
! six, page three hundred and seventy-three, as
| is inconsistent With the provisions Of this act,
be and the same is hereby repealed.
| SEC. 8. And be ii enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
/ A BILL entitled An Act to amend the thirty
| first section Of Article twenty.six cf the
Code Of Public General Laws of this State,
entitled . Corporations
SECTION |. Be IL enacted By tie General As
semJky Of Haryland, That the thirty-frst sec
| ton of the twenty-sixth Article of the Public
| General Laws Of this State be amended, and
re-enacted as follows;
Before any such association shall become a
corporation, they STALL lodge with the Clerk
4 of the Circuit Court for the county in which
such corporation is designed to act, and il
designed to act in the city Of Baltimore, with
the CLERK Of the Superior Court Of Baltimore
! city, n copy of the article of association OF
4 such corporation, signed by At least seven
members, and certified by the Secretary there
Of, to be recorded in the office of such Clerk,
and any addition, alteration OF amendment
Of the article Of association OF any such cor
poration, shall be signed, certified and re-
corded IN the same manner but any such
association which has lodged copy of its
articles Of association with the Clerk Of the
| Circuit Court for the county, or the Superior
| Court Of the city Of Baltimore, since April
4 18th, 1852, in which the names Of at least
| seven members are printed or written, either
before or after said articles of association,
shall be, and is hereby declared a corporation,
| with all the privileges herein granted from the
date Of filing said article OF association as
aforesaid.
SIC. Q. And be IL enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the time Of its passage.
A BILL entitled An Act supplementary to
1 the Act Of eighteen hundred and sixty-fiye,
chapter 293, making an additional appro-
priation to the Antetam National Gene
terry. ~
SECTION l. BE ii enacted By the Gsneral As
sem,JEy Of Maryland, That the sum Of eight
thousand dollars in addition to that appropri-
ated by the Act of which this is supplement,
be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for
the purpose Of removing the dead to, and of
enclosing, laying off, ornamenting and com
pleting the work already begun, and in pro-
gress on the Antietam National Cemetery, In
| Washington county.
SEC. 2. Ind Be IL enacted, That the sum
/ hereby appropriated shall be subject to the
same order and be paid out Of the Treasury in
| the same. manner and upon the same limita-
tons, that are prescribed in the 18th section
Of the Act OF eighteen hundred and sixty-hve,
chapter 293, to which this is supplement.
/ SEC. 3. And be IL enacted, That this Act
/ shall take effect from the date of its passage.
! A BILL entitled An Act to repeal Section IL
/ of Article 20, of the Code ofPublic General
Laws relating TO the Inspection of Records,
and to re-enact the same with amendments.
I SECTION l.. BE IL enacted by The General As
sembly Of Maryland, That Section ] 8 Of Article
| 20, of the Code of Public General Laws, re-
/ lating to the Inspection of Records, be, and
I the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, 50 as to read as follows =
If shall be the duty Of the judges OF the
several courts of law and equity, at every term
to inspect the records aud papers Of the
Offices attached 10 their respective eousts, re-