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CHAPTER 297.
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AN ACT to incorporate the Uniontown and Lin-
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wood Turnpike Company, of Carroll county,
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Maryland.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Maryland, That Upton Roop, Josiah Engler, Joseph
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Appointed
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L. Haines, Hamilton Singer, Thomas F. Shepherd,
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commission
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Charles F. Devilbiss, Levi Caylor, Levi Engler, Ed-
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ward Gilbert, Evan Haines and J. C. Brubaker, be
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and they are hereby appointed commissioners to
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take subscriptions to the capital stock of the Union-
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town and Linwood Turnpike Company, hereby
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incorporated, and they or a majority of them, may
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cause books to be opened at such times and places,
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Give notlee.
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and for such period or periods, upon giving notice
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as they may deem expedient, of the times and places
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of opening the same; and if any of the commis-
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sioners shall die or resign, or refuse to act, another
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or others may be appointed in his or their stead, by
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a majority of the remaining commissioners.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the subscribers to
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Incorporated.
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said stock, their successors and assigns, shall be,
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and they are hereby declared to be incorporated
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into a company, by the name of the Uniontown and
Linwood Turnpike Company, and by that name
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shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, sell-
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ing, leasing and conveying estates, real and personal,
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and mixedj so far as may be necessary for the pur-
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pose hereinafter mentioned, and no further; and
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shall have succession, and by said corporate name,
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Powers.
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may sue and be sued, and have and use a common
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seal, which they shall have power to alter or renew
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at their pleasure; and shall have and enjoy, and
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may exercise all the powers, rights and privileges
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which other corporate bodies may lawfully do for
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the purposes mentioned in this act.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That when two hundred
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shares or more of said stock shall have been sub-
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Call a.meetlng
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scribed, the said commissioners, or a majority of
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them, shall call a general meeting of the subscribers,
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at such time and place as they may appoint, and
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shall give at least ten days' public notice thereof;
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