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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-04-30
STOCK OF ms. AND ACCT cos.
CHAPTER 251.

CHAPl Elk Z5l.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact the
following with amendments: Section
S5M of Article 90 of the Code of
Public General Laws. title Corpora
tions." subtitle. General Regula-
TONS and to add an additional sec
ton to be designated as son provid-
ing for calling in and cancelling the
stock of any such company.
Sec. BE ii enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. That Section
S5M of Article of the Code of Pub
lie General Laws, title Corporations"
subtitle General Regulations" be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments so as to read
as follows, and an additional section
to be known as section SEN, shall be
added to said Article to follow section
S5M. to read as follows:
S5M-Every life insurance company
and accident insurance company incor
porated under the laws of this State,
and every safe deposit, trust. guaranty
loan and fidelity company or associa-
ton incorporated under any law of this
or any other State. district or territory
of the United States or any foreign
country receiving money on deposit
or assuming any obligation in this
State. may. as the security on deposit
now or hereafter required by law to
be deposited with the Treasury of
Maryland by laws. and especially by
Sections SEE and 116 of Article 90 of
the Code of Public General Laws.
title Corporations" transfer and as
sign to said Treasurer such first mort
gage bonds of electric railways of this
State as may be approved by the Board
of Public Works. in lieu of the kinds
of securities now required by law to
be deposited with said Treasurer: or
said companies may in lieu of said Sc
curities transfer and assign to said
Treasurer bonds secured by first
mortgage on real es tate situated in the
State of Maryland and owned by the
company required by law to make such
deposit whenever such bonds may be
approved as security by the Board of
Public Works. If at any time the
Board of Public Works shall find that
the bonds approved by them have eth
er fallen in value or have ceased to be
proper security to be held by said
bonds on deposit with him as Sc
curity as aforesaid, to either deposit
an additional number of bonds with
said Treasurer or to withdraw the said
bonds entirely and substitute bonds of
different kind i'm their place; il the
said company or companies owning
said bonds shall fail. within ten days
from the receipt OF a notice from the
Treasurer to that effect, to alter. in
crease the number of said bonds on
deposit or substitute bonds of a diff
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PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1904.

erent kind in their places. as the Board
OF Public Works may order, then the
said company or companies shall be
treated as being in default and shall
be subject 10 all the penalties imposed
on said companies for doing business
in this State without depositing the
proper securities with the said Treas
urer as now or hereafter provided by
law
Sec S5N-lt shall be lawful for the
Stockholders of aISy life insurance.
accident insurance. safe deposit trust
or fidelity company. created by spec
ial law or special act. in general meet
ing assembled from time To time to
provide for calling in and cancelling
the whole or any part of the capital
stock and issuing other stock thereof
at such par value as they shall de-
eide on. to an amount not exceeding
the true value of such stock. in such
manner as to provide such contingent
fund or surplus not represented by
stock as they may decide To be neces-
sary. provided. that notice of every
such meeting of stockholders shall be
given in the manner required by see
lions &c and Z. of Article of the Code
of Public General Laws and the pro-
ceedings thereafter shall be similar
to those prescribed in sections Il and
rs of said Article.
Sec 2-And be it enacted That this
Act shall take effect from the date of
its passage.
Approved April 1. 1904.
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PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1904.
CONTINUED from page p

or ointments when plainly labeled. for
external use only" and. provided. fur
ther that the above provisions shall
not apply to sales ut wholesale hy
jobbers. wholesalers and manufacture
ers TO retail druggists. nor To sales At
retail by retail druggists To regular
practitioners of medicine. dentistry Or
veterinary medicine. nor IL sales male
To manufacturers of proprietary Dr
pharmaceutical preparations for use
in the manufacture of such prerarl-
lions. nor to sales To hospitals, cell
leges. scientific or public institutions.
and provided further that the provis-
ions of this act shall not apply to the
sale or manufacture of any bona file
patent or proprietary medicine.
Sec. And he il further enacted.
That il shall be unlawful for any prac-
titioner of medicine. dentistry or vet
Urinary medicine to furnish to or IN
prescribe for the use of any habitual
user of the same. any cocaine. eucaine
or morDhine or any salt or compound
of cocaine. eucaine or morphine. or any
preparation containing cocaine. eu-
caine or morphine or their salts. and il
shall be unlawful for any practitioner
OF dentistry TO prescribe any of the
foregoing substances for any person
not under his treatment in the regu
lar line of his profession. or for any
practitioner of veterinary medicine 10
prescribe any of the foregoing sub
stances for the use of any human be-
ing: provided, however. that the pro-
visions of this section shall not be con-
strued to prevent any lawfully author
lied practitioner of medicine from pre-
sCribing in good faith for the use of
any habitual user of narcotic drugs
such substances as he may deem nee
essary for the treatment OF sucn habit.
Sec Be II further enacted. That
any person who shall knowingly vio-
late any of the provisions of this Act
shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor. and uDon conviction for the
first ofrense shall be fined not less than
twenty-five (S25D dollars nor more than
fifty ts50l dollars and upon conviction
for second offense shall be fined not
less than fifty t$50) dollars nor more
than one hundred $4,000 dollars. and
upon conviction for a third off nse and
all subsequent offenses shall be fined
not less than one hundred tSi00l dol
lars. nor more than two hundred dol
lars t$200) and shall be i'm
prisoned in jail for not more
than six months: il shall he
the duty of the Grani Jury To make
presentments for violations of this
Act.
Sec BE it further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved April II. 1904.
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PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1904.

the Corporation is situated at the
time of the filing of the Bill. or. in
case any such Corporation has. by
reason of having been placed in the
hands of a Receiver. or from any
other cause. ceased to have any prin-
cipal office at the time of the filing OF
the Bill. then the Bill shall be filed in
a Court having jurisdiction within
the limits of the County or the City of
Baltimore in which as the case may
he. the said Corporation had its last
principal place OF business: and to
any such Bill stockholders residing
beyond the limits of the State of
Maryland may become parties defend
ant. and upon SO becoming parties,
shall not be proceeded against in anv
other State or Territory or in the Dis
trict of Columbia in respect of any
liability imposed by the said Section
S5l. as said section stood before the
repeal thereof and which existed at
the time of the passage of the Act of
1904 hereinbefore referred to. This
Section shall become operative as of
January first. nineteen hundred and
three. and shall cause the abatement
of all actions at law which shall have
been brought against said stockhold-
ers since that date to enforce any liza
bility created by section SSH as said
section stood before the repeal there
of. and which existed at the time of
the passage of the Act of 1904 herein
before referred to; provided, however,
that as TO any plaintiff or plaintiffs in
any of said abated suits who shall
within sixty days from the passage of
this Act. become party or parties to
a Bill in Equity of the character men,
toned in this section, then as regards
the operation of the statute of Linz
itation upon the claims so sued on, the
time elapsed between the institution
of said abated suits and the time of
such plaintiff or plaintiffs becoming
a party or parties to said Bill in
Equity. shall be excluded in ascertain
ing the period within which suits are
required to be brought by the said
statute of Limitations. The costs
taxable to any plaintiff or plaintiffs
in any action at law which shall be
abated under the provisions of this
section. the plaintiff or plaintiffs in
which action become party or par
ties TO a Bill in Equity under the
provisions of this Section shall be-
come a part of the costs taxable in the
proceedings in said Equity case.
Sec And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April II, 1904.
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EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION
CHAPTER sS1.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section eight of Ar
ticle eighty-three of the Code of rub
lie General Laws. title SALES and
Notices" subtitle Exemption from
Execution"
See. BE it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland. That Sec
ton eight of Article eighty-three of
the Code of Public General Laws.
title Sales and Notices" subtitle
Exemption from Execution be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments. so as to
read as follows:
s. One hundred $1,000 dollars in
property. whether the same consist
of money. land or goods. of every de-
PENDANT rs well As all money payable
in the nature of insurance, benefit or
relief in the contingency or event of
sickness. accident. hurt or death of
any person. shall be exempt from ex-
ecution or seizure IN satisfaction of
debt or claim upon any Judgment in
any civil proceedings. except on juds-
ments for breach of promise to marry
and for seduction.
Sec. And it be further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April z, 1904.
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LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS
CHAPTER 337.


AN ACT to add an additional Section
to Article twenty-three of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland.
title Corporations" subtitle Gen
eral Regulations to follow immed-
lately after Section SSH of said Art
icle to be known as Section S5L.
one Il of said article relating TO
the liability of stockholders to
creditors and depositors of safe de-
post. trust, guarantee. loan and
fidelity companies.
Sec BE il enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland That a
new section be and the same is here
by added to article twenty-three Of
the Code of Public General Laws,
title Corporations" subtitle Gen
eral Regulations" to follow immediate
ly after Section S5I. of said Article
and to appear therein as Section SoI.
one % and to read as follows
SSH one u. The exclusive remedy
for the enforcement against stock
holders of all rights existing under
the Code of General Laws Article 23
Section S5L as said section stood be-
fore the repeal thereof by the Act of
1904 entitled An Act TO repeal sec
ton S5L of Article twenty-three of the
Code of Public General Laws Article
twenty-three of the Code of Public
General Laws, title Corporations"
subtitle General Regulations" as en-
acted by the Acts of 1892. Chapter
109. and to re-enact the same with
amendments" and existing at the
time of the passage thereof ana
which was declared by said Act not
to be affected by the terms thereof
shall be. as against stockholders re-
siding in the State of Maryland. by
Bill in equity in the nature of Cred
itors' Bill filed against such stock
holders by one or more creditors on
behalf of themselves and all otie:
Creditors of the Corporation who my
come i'm and make themselves parties
thereto. in a Court having jurisdic-
ton within the limits of the County
or the City of Baltimore in which. as
the case may be the principal office Of
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MoRTeAeINe OF REAL ESTATE
CHAPTER 500.


AN ACT TO add an additional section
TO Article ID of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland to lie
known as Section 1854 and to fol-
low Immediately after Section us
of said Article relating to the pow
ers of Courts of Equity to authorize
the mortgaging of lands belonging
to estates.
Sec. BE il enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland. That an
additional section be ana it is here
by added To Article l6 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland.
title. "Chancery." subtitle Sales" 70
be known as Section 1854. and to fol-
low Immediately after Section 19S Of
said Article. To- read as follows:
Sec. 1854. In al. cases where ore
or more persons are entitled TO an es-
tate. tail. fee simple. conditional. base
or qualified fee. or any other particu-
lar limited or conditional estate in
lands. and any person or persons is or
are entitled to a remainder or re-
mainders. vested or contingent or an
executory device or devices. or any
other interest vested or contingent in
the same land. on application of any
Equity. If all the parties in being are
parties to the proceeding. and if it
shall appear to be advantageous to
the parties concerned may decree a
conveyance of the same by way of
mortgage. and shall direct the invest
ment or other disposition or applica-
ton of the proceeds of such mortgage
so as to enure TO the use and benefit
of the same parties who would be en-
titled by the original grant to- the
lands so mortgaged. and all such de-
crees. If all the persons are parties
who would have been entitled if the
contingency had happened at the date
of the decree. snail bind all persons
whether in being or not. who claim or
may claim any interest in said land
under any of the parties to said de-
cree or under any person from whom
any of the parties to such decree
claim. or from or under or by the or
iginal deed or will by which such par
tIcular limited or conditional estate.
with remainders or executory devices
were created and the said mortgages
executed in pursuance of such de-
crees. shall bind the estates and in
terests in the said lands so mortgage1.
of all such persons. whether in being
or not.
Sec. 2-AnG it be further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April 3. 1904.
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ms. DEPARTMENT STATEMENTS.
CHAPER 376.
Approved April Z, 1904.

AN ACT to add a new section to Art
icle %, The Code of Public General
Laws. title Corporation" sub
title Insurance Department" to be
known as section 123A and to fol-
low section 1z5.
Sec. BE it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland that
new section be added to Article % of
the Code of Public General Laws title
Corporations" subtitle Insurance
Department" to be known as Section
1884 and to follow section 1875 and to
read as follows:
135A. The statement or statements
required TO be made to the Insurance
Commissioners under Sections 135 of
this Article may for the year ending
December 31st. 1903. be transmitted
on or before July LIST. 1904. in lieu of
the time or times provided in section
135 OF this Article, and the Insurance
Commissioners shall not be required
to publish extracts of the said state
ment or statements as required by sec
ton 1879 of this Article, nor his annual
report to the Governor as he is re-
quired by subsection 10 OF Section
122 of this Article until September 1st,
1904
Sec. And be it enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved April Z, 1904.
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LANDLORD AND TENANT.
CHATTER 56S.

AN ACT TO repeal Section seventeen,
Article fifty-three. of the Code OF
Public General Laws. title Landlord
and Tenant as repealed and re-en-
acted by the Act of eighteen hundred
and eighty. Chapter three hundred
and ten, eXempting certain Articles
from distress for rent. and to re-en-
act the same with amendments.
Section BE il enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland. That Sec
ton seventeen of Article fifty-three. of
the Code of Public General Laws. title
Landlord and Tenant" as repealed
and re-enacted by the Act of the Gener-
al Assembly of Maryland. passed at The
session of eighteen hundred and eighty,
chapter three hundred and ten. be- and
the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments. to read as
follows:
1.-THE following property shall be
exempted from distress for rent. 20
wit: Every spinning wheel. loom, sew
ing machine. typewriter. stove. piano.
organ or other musical instrument.
rented. hired or loaned to the tenant,
and every horse carriage. and harness,
whip and robe. saddle and bride. not
the property of the tenant. in any liv-
cry stable or which may be stored With
any keeper of any livery stable or in
any other place. clubhouse. barn of the
tenant. and all property of any boar,lar
o. soiourner at any hotel, tavern. pub
lie or private boarding house. and any
vehicle not the property of the ten
ant. in any shop for repairs.
Sec. And be it enacted. That this
Act shall take effect from the date of
It's passage.
Approved April s, 1904.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06
DOWIE'S MANY CITIES
Elijah Threatens to Dot, the South
 west With Them.

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 5.-John Alexander Dowie and several of his companions. in company with George P. T. Upton, assistant general passen- ger agent ot the San Antonio and Al ansas Pass railway, are spending the night on the Texas coast.
 Before. leaving. Dowie authorized this statement. 'I have not lost heart in cOnseuuenCe Of recent affairs in Zi- on, which is stronger financially than ever. I am on my way to Australia, and will sail on the Sonoma from San Francisco January 21. We intend to establish a number of Zion cities, and one in the south, just where I cannot say at this time. I am merely investi- sating.
 At the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railway headquarters it is stated that Dowie may be induced to establish an Eternal City near Brownsville, Tex aS, and that there is no intention to purchase MatagOrda Island, as 1t is a barren, sand tract. Dowie says he eX- oects to start for San Francisco early next week
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06
NO STANDING IN COURT
The Englishmen Who Bought Salted
 Colorado Mine.

Denver. Jan. 5.-In the case of the Stratton Mining company of London against the executors of the estate of the late Winfield s. Stratton. the Cripple Creek millionaire. claiming 36. .OOO, GOO damages for the alleged salt ing of the Independence mine before it's sale to the English company, Judge Rincr in the United States court this afternoon decided for the defendants. The grounds for the defendants were first that the sale was made by Strdt- tun to the company of which he was a member, payment being made in stock, it being held that a man cannot defraud himself; second, the mine has produced $1O.OOO,OGO in gold since the sale, which is more than the selling price: third. the present suit was filed against the executors Of the estate be- fore they had qualified; fourth. the death of Stratton before the filing of suit ended, according to the English law. under which the company is ir- corporated, any rights to demand pay for any damage the company may have had.
 Judge Rinc~ held that any of the fsur grounds of the defense is suffi- cient Attorneys for the plaintiff were given permission to present arguments on the bill of exceptions tomorrow.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06
THE COUNTIES OF HAWAII
The New Law Establishing Them to
 Be Contested.

Honolulu. Jan. 5-The county gov ernment act went into effect today A. Hooking has been elected chairman. The bureaus transferred from the di
 rect control of territorial authoriti5 will be generally maintained unchanged temporarily as the consttutionality Of the act is much questioned. The su
 pIeme court has under consideration a test case made by special arrangement and involving the entire law. In the event of the act being declared illegal. grave confusion may ensue and an ex- tra session of the legislature may be necessary. IS the territorial appropria- tions ceased with the end of last year. the legislature having contemplated q county government after January.
 The act going into effect today gives the Hawaiian islands a system of county government for the fiIst time. Until now all the affairs of the islands have been under the control of the ter ritorial government having headQuar- ters in Honolulu. In all political cam paigns since annexation and especially among the natives, there has been a Istrong demand for more local self gov ernment. The new law divides the is lands into five counties. Oahu. upon which is the city of Honolulu. is one county. The island of }<auaii is anoth- CT: Hawaii forms two counties aud Maui, Lanui and NIoIokai excepting the lopcr settlement. another. The leTer settlement is given government of its own. Oahu county is supposed to in cIude, as a legal proposition. all the outside islands. stretching in a chain. including the Midway to the French Frigate All the counties start without any funds. The legislature made an appropriation of S75O,OOO to be appor- tioned among the counties for them to start with, but here is no money avail able. It is said none of them will have enough to carry them after the start.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06
COLORADO LIQUOR SUIT.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The United States supreme court, through Justice NcKenna, today rendered an opinion in the case of Daniel Cronin, of Dem yer, Cclo., versus officials of that city. The case grew out of a city ordinance prohibiting saloon keepers from keep ing separate apartments fer the sale of liquor to women.
 The supreme court of the state of Colorado decided the case favorable to the city on the ground that the condition imposed by the ordinance was included in the license granted 10 Cronin and was therefore part of the contract, and todays- opinion sus- tained that view.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06
ound that there is anything for him

found that there is anything for him 10 do.'
 According to the managers of the local theaters. the closing Of the play houses in this city has disarranged the business of the entire country. The companies that have been booked for this city for the next fortnight are either suspended or they are being sent to other cities, thus forcing other companies to change their routes.
 Life insurance companies object to the statement of the coronor that no verdict will be rendered after the in quest. claiming that large sums Of money in insurance on the lives of those who perished in the theater fire depend for their payment on the yer dict of the coronor's jury, and attor- neys for the relatives of those who died declare that verdict should be given in each particular case of death in order that the collection of the in- surance may be possible.