St. Mary's gazette., 1866-06-14
CHAPTER l66.

CHAPTER 166.
AN ACT supplementary to an Act 70 in
corporate the Magnetic Telegraph Com
pany, passed ut December session. eigh-
teen hundred aud forty-six, chapter
.thirty-one.
Section /. Be II enacted by the Gene
raj Assembly of Maryland, That the said
Mag etic TIE egraph Company. be aud is
hereby authorized to unite with any other
Company or Companies engaged in the
business of transmitting messages By teie-
graph, so as to 70 m aud constitute oae
c.npany.or curporatiop. to De known by
the name of the snid Magnetic Telegraph
Company. on such terms and conditions,
and conformlbly to such agreements and
regulations as the said several companies
shall respectively determine and adopt,
subject nevertheless to the provisions that
all existing contracts. engagements and IL
abilities of the said companles so uniting
and consolidating. shall be duly adopted
and assumed by the said cons 'lidated
company, or shall else continue to bind
the said several companies forming such
conSoiida ion.
Section ,, Be it further enacted, That
it shall be lawful for the said parties so
constituting as afor, sad. to have and eX
ercise wi hir this State, all the rights, priv
ilegcs, conferred upon the Magnetic Iel"-
graph Company, by the Act to which this
is supplement-, and that it shall be law
ful FIR the said consolidated company, if
she same shall be formed, to take. usa and
adopt such corporate name as the SAID
consolidated company shall tx aud de-
termlue upon, in lieu of the name of the
Magnetic Telegraph Company; and in
case of making such change in the said
name it shall be the dury Of the SAD
COZ snlidated company, to file forthwith in
the office of the clerk of the Superior
Court of B fillmore city, q certificate sign
ed by the President and Secret-ry Of the
said corporation, showing its said name
aud style, under the seal of the said con-
solidated corp)lation aforesaid, aud shall
publish the name oflhc consolida ion ii at
/, a,t one new paper published in tho ci
ties of New York, PhilaIel phia and Bal
timore, and thereupon it shall be the duty
of the clerk of the said court to record the
said certificate, and the said new consoli
dated company shall have all the rights,
powers aud privileges originally conferred
upon the Magnetic Telegraph Company
hY the Act to which thls is y supplement,
and may also hive and exercise in a!di
ton thereto, all the rights aud privileges
which are by article tweutys.x of the
Public General Laws Of this State con-
ferred up)n ASSOCIATION, formed Tor the
purpose of owning or constructing lines OF
telegraph to or from any point within this
State
s zion 3. BE it further enacted That
the capital stock of the said consolidated
company shall not exceed IN the aggregate
the amounts of the capital stock OF the
said several companies forming said con-
sohi.tion but it snail be lawful tor the
said consolidated company to increase Its
capital to such amount as may be neces AIRY
for the building of any additional lines. or
for the repair or purchase of any existing
lines within this State, or parly within
and partly without this State. and IN or
der to such building and repair, and as to
the lines SO purchased, the said consoilda-
ted company shall have all the rights aud
powers Of the said Magnetic Telegraph
company over and in relation to the lines
authorized to be built under lis charter
aforesaid, and under said article twenty
six of the Public General Laws OF this
State; proridcd, horcrcr, that the sad
Magnetic Telegraph company shai oniy
form consolidation With any other telegraph
line with the consent Of the company own
ing the same.
Section /. And be it enacted, That the
said consolidated Company shall be bound
on application Of any of the officers OF this
State, or the United States, ac'lns IN the
cveut of any war, insurlecuon, no, or
other civil commoton, or IN the preVen-
tion or punishment of crime, or the arrests
Of persons chargcd or suspected thereof,
20 give to the communication of such OF
Gecrs, Immediate despatch, and the service
Of a sunmors or writ on any officer. agent
or attorney of said consolidated company,
shall Re a service of said summons or writ
on said corporation, and shall hold the
said corporation 10 answer before the tn
buual from whence such summons or writ
may be issued
Section 5. And be it enacted, That the
said consolidated company hcreinhetore
authorized to be formed shall continue IN
existence for the term of forty years
Section 6. And be it enacted, lhai th'S
act shall take effect from It's passage ana
the General Assembly reserves to lts"l;
the 1igAt to alter or auul this act at pleas
ure.
June 18th, 1866