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all such rights, franchises, privileges and immunities, as by law
are incident and necessary to corporations of this kind, and which
may be necessary to the corporation herein and hereby constituted
and erected, to enable them duly and fully in the law to execute all
things touching and concerning the design and intent of their said
corporation, for the benevolent succour, relief and good order of its
members and the widows and orphans of deceased members of the
said society, agreeably to the constitution and such rules and by-laws
as may be established by the said society.

Dec. Ses. 1822

8. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall operate
to exempt the stockholders or persons who are or may hereafter be-
come concerned in this corporation from liability for all and every
of its debts or engagements, in their private or individual characters.

Individual li-
ability.

9. And be it enacted, That if at any time it may be deemed ne-
cessary to dissolve this association, a proposition to that effect shall
be laid on the table in writing, at a stated meeting of the association,
and may be discussed at their next stated or special meeting, but shall
not be finally decided on until it has been two full months before the
association, and shall not take effect unless three fourth of the mem-
bers residing within the city and precincts of Baltimore are in favor
thereof.

Dissolution.

CHAPTER 159.

An act for the relief of George W. Bayly of the city of Baltimore.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
said George W. Bayly, shall be authorised to make another ap-
plication to the commissioners of insolvent debtors for the city and
county of Baltimore, for the benefit of the insolvent laws of this
state, without being compelled to wait for the expiration of two years
from his first application, and that he shall be entitled to the benefit
of the said laws, Provided, he comply in all other respects with the
requisitions of the laws of this state relating to insolvent debtors, and
give two weeks notice in two of the newspapers in the city of Bal-
timore of his application under this law, And provided further, that
before the commissioners shall act upon the second application, they
shall be satisfied that the said George W. Bayly had at the time of
his first application, and during the pendency of said application, be-
fore said commissioners, and Baltimore county court, acted fairly and
with good faith to his creditors; and it shall be the duty of the afore-
said commissioners to compel said Baily to answer on oath, any in-
terrogatories that may have been tiled against him by his creditors on
his first application, as any others that may be filed against him on
his application under this law.

Passed Feb

18, 182...
Privilege
granted.

CHAPTER 160.

An act to authorise John Spear Smith of the city of Baltimore, to im-
port certain slaves into this state.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
John Spear Smith, of the city of Baltimore, be, and he is hereby
authorised at any time after the passage of this act, to remove and
bring into this state from the state of Virginia the following slaves
heretofore purchased by the said John Spear Smith from the estate
of his late father in law, Wilson Carey Nicholas, Esquire, to wit
Cilia and her daughter Harriet, and Lucy, Orson, Selina, Nicholas
and Henry, children of the said Harriet, and that the removal of the
said negroes to this state, shall not in any manner entitle them to
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Passed Feb
18, 1823.
Import
slaves.