The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-04-21

! dispose OF the same iLr tne ODlcctS alpTc'
said and no bonds of the said Company
issued, in good faith, for the construction,
completion or equipment of the said Rail
the same may have been disposed of by the
said Company at less than its par value.
Section 3. Ind be 1t enacted, That in the
election of Directors on the part of the pri-
vate stockholders, the stock of the State
stock shall not be voted nor shall the same
be counted in asceraining the presence of Il
quorum necessary for such election.
Section 4. And be ii enacted, That this
Act shall take effect and operate from the
day of its passage.
April u, 1S6G-lw
A BILL entitled An Act further to regulate
the relation Of creditor and debtor between
the State of Maryland and the Susque
hanna and Tide Water Canal Companies.
Whereas, The Susquehanra and Tide
Water Canal Companies, by reason of the
taamitous freshet which occurred in the
Sus9uehanna 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 con
tinue and increase. in every possible way,
the efficiency of said works, which can only
be done by the fostering encouragement Of
this State; therefore,
Section !. BE ii enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That the Governor,
Comptroller, and Treasurer of the State.
conformity, or any other two Of them be, and
they hereby are are authorized and Instructed
to rcinquish the arrcarages of interest and
exchange due from the said Companies, to
the first day of January, eighteen hundred
aud siXtyiive, and to settle with the said
, Companies upon the terms of said Act Of
Assembly of last session. except as to the
said arrearagcs provided that in case of any
default in the payment " the said interest
on the renewed bonds in accordance with
the said Act of Assembly of the last session.
the said arrearagcs shall be revived and
again become due and payable as fully and
completely as if this act had never been
passed
Section .. And he it ruJ1hcr enacted, That
hereafter on all merchandise passing to or
from Columbia through the outlet lock at
Bells Fe rv. and loaded in or to be dis
charged at Port Deposit, the tolls shall be
one.twelth less than the tolls charged on
articles of the same class from Columbia to
llavre de Grace; and at ali future elections
for managers, six of the number shall be
residents Of and chosen trom Maryland and
the principal Office of tie said Companies
shall be located in the city Of Baltimore as
heretofore.
Section 3. And be il cnacica, That the
said companies shall, on completion of the
enlargement Of the canals with which they
are in connection. make their canal of a
corresponding depth.
Section 4. And be ii enGcfea. That 50
much Of the provisions of the act of eigh.
teen hundred and sixty,live, chapter one
hundred and ninety-six, page three hundred
and scventy-three, as is Inconsistent with the
provisions of this act, be and the same is
hereby repealed.
Section >. And be it enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its
passage. April u, 1S6j-lw.
A BILL entitled an Act to amend the thirty
first section of Article twenty-six Of the
Code OF Public General Laws of this
State, entitled "Corparations.'
Section |. BE 1t cnacfcd By the General
assembly Of Ma1yl0nd. That the thirty.iirst
section of the twenty-six Article of the Pub
lie General Laws Of this State be amended,
and rc-enacted as follows:
Before any such association shall become
a corporation, they shall lodge with the Clerk
Of the Circuit Court for the county in which
such corporation is designed to act. and if
designed to act in the city of Baltimore, with
the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore
city, copy of the article of association of
such corporations, signed by at least seven
members and certified by the secretary there
Of, to be recorded in the office ofsuch Clerk,
and any addition, alteration or amendment
of the article of association Of any such cor
poration, shall be signed, certified aud re-
corded III the same manner: but any such
association which has lodged II 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
| 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 corpora
ton, with all the privileges herein granted
from the date Of filing said article ofaSsocia-
ton as aforesaid
Section .. And be 1t enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
April ~ lSGG-lw
4 BILL entitled An Act supplementary to
the Act Of eighteen hundred and sixty
five chapter 2o3, making an additional
appropriation to the Antetam National
Cemetery.
Section /. BE it enacted By the General
Assembly Of Maryland. That the sum of
eight thousand dollars in addition to that
appropriated by the Act of which this is a
supplements be and the same is hereby APP,
propriated for the purpose of removing the
dead to, and of enclosing, having off, orna-
menting and completing the work already
begun, and in progress on the Antietam Ma
tional Cemetery, in Washington county.
Section =. And be it enacted, That the
sum hereby appropriated shall be subject to
the same order and be paid out Of the Treas
ury in the same manner, and upon the same
limitations, that are prescribed in the 18th
section of the act of eighteen hundred and
sixty five, chapter 2O3, to which this is IA
supplement.
Section 3. And be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date of its
passage. April u, ls66-lw
\ BILL entitled An Act to repeal Section
IL of Article %, of the Code of Public
General Laws, relating to the Inspection
of Records, and to re- enact the same with
amendments.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That section 10 OF
Article %, of the Code Of Public General
Laws, relating to the Inspection of Records,
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, so as to read as
| fnllous.