1832.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 98.

collected, in the same manner as he could or might have
done within the time limited by law.

Accounts first to

be served

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Joseph Wood
Before he proceeds to execute the body or property of any
person or persons for fines, forfeitures, americiaments, offi-
cers fees, or public dues, by the authority of this act, shall
deliver or cause to be delivered, to such person or persons,
chargeable with the same, or left at their houses, at least
thirty days previous to serving or levying such execution, an
account of the sum demanded, of him, her or them, with
an affidavit annexed thereto, that he hath not, nor hath any
other person or persons acting under him whilst Sheriff,
nor since, received any part thereof, or satisfaction for the
same, to the best of his knowledge and belief.

CHAPTER 98.

Passed Feb 23,1833

An act to amend and explain an act, entitled, An act to estab-
lish a Sank and Incorporate a Company, under the name
of the Washington County Bank, at the Town of Wil-
liamsport, in Washington county.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That so much of the charter of the Washing-
ton County Bank, passed at December session, eighteen
hundred and thirty-one, chapter one hundred and thirty-
three, as limits the number of Directors of said company,
to eight, and their residence to Washington county, be, and
the same is hereby amended, and it is hereby enacted, in
amendment thereof, that in addition to the said eight Di-
rectors, to reside in Washington county aforesaid, the
Stockholders in the said institution may hereafter (when-
ever it may be deemed expedient by them) elect three, at
the times and in the manner prescribed by the said char-

ter, whose residence shall be in any other counties of this
state, or of either or both of the adjoining states, from
which the interests of the Bank may, from time to time, re-
quire them to be chosen.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That with a view
to remove any doubts that exist or may arise, whether un-
der the eighth section of said charter, the President of
said company is to be chosen by the Stockholders or by
the Directors thereof, it is hereby enacted and declared, as
the meaning of the same section in this respect, that the