1870, ch. 206, sec. 9.

25. If the said corporation shall neglect or refuse to pay as aforesaid, any of its notes, bills, obligations or money received on deposit, the holder of such note, bill or obligation, or the person or persons entitled to demand and receive such money, shall be respectively entitled only to demand and receive, as creditor or as debtor to claim and set off such part of its assets as shall be actually distributable and payable to such creditor or debtor, at the time when such claim or demand may be made.

Ibid. sec. 10.

26. If the said corporation shall, at any time, suspend its payments, the assets which said corporation may hold or be in any wise entitled to at the time of such suspension of payment, shall be rateably distributed to and among all the persons who shall be its creditors at such time, and to their assigns, respectively.

Ibid. sec. 11.

27. The continuance of the said several corporations shall be on the condition that the stockholders and directors of each of said corporations shall be liable to the amount of their respective share or shares of stock in such corporation, for all its debts and liabilities upon note, bill or otherwise; and upon this further condition, that this article and every part of it may be altered from time to time, or repealed, by the legislature.

Ibid. sec. 12.

28. The provisions of sections 17 to 30, so far as may be applicable in their privileges and restrictions to any and all banks now existing under charter from the general assembly of Maryland, may be availed of by said bank or banks.

Ibid. sec. 13.

29. If the president and directors shall at any time suspend the active business operations or workings of any banking institution incorporated under sections 17 to 30, other than as now legally provided for, and a majority of the stockholders in general meeting assembled determine to close its banking operations,

thenceforth it shall not be lawful for such corporation to resume the exercise of its banking powers ond franchises, but the same shall be closed, and after the payment of its debts and liabilities, the remaining assets and property of such corporations shall be divided among the stockholders or their assigns.

1886, ch. 501.

30. The thirteen preceding sections shall continue in force until the first day of January, 1905, and to the end of the next session of the general assembly thereafter.

ARTICLE XII.

BASTARDY AND FORNICATION.

1. Warrant by justice for mother of 5. Appeal by alleged father.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 13, sec. 1. 1781, ch. 13, sec. 1. 1882, ch. 339. 1. Any justice of the peace, upon information given him of any woman having an illegitimate child, may issue his warrant to a constable of the county or city, and the said constable shall thereupon take such person before some justice of the peace of the county, who shall require her to give security to indemnify the county from any charge that may accrue by means of such child; and upon neglect or refusal, shall commit her to the custody of the sheriff of the county, to be by him kept until she shall give such security.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 13, sec. 2. 1781, ch. 13, sec. 1.

2. But if the said person shall on oath discover the father of such child, the justice shall discharge her, and shall cause to be

arrested and brought before him such father, if a resident of the county, and shall cause him to give security in the sum of eighty dollars, to indemnify the county from all charges that may arise for the maintenance of such child.

Eccleston v. State, 7 G. & J. 316. Root v. State, 10 G. & J. 374. Mong v. State, 10 G. & J. 380. Oldham v. State, 5 Gill, 90. State v. Phelps, 9 Md. 21. Owens v. State, 10 Md. 164. Wagaman v. Byers, 17 Md. 187. Cushwa . State, 20 Md. 281. Baker v. State, 21 Md. 426. State v. Trimble, 33 Md. 468. Norwood v. State, 45 Md. 72.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 13, sec. 3. 1781, ch. 13, sec. 1.

3. If the father be a resident of any other county, the justice shall transmit, under his hand and seal, a copy of the proceedings in such case had, to a justice of the peace of the county in which such father shall reside, and the justice to whom the same shall be sent shall forthwith proceed against the father as by this article is directed.

Root v. State, 10 G. & J. 374. Norwood v. State, 45 Md. 68.

Ibid sec. 4. 1785, ch. 47, sec. 3.

4. Every constable, as often as he may have knowledge of any woman having an illegitimate child within his district, shall give information thereof to some justice of the peace of his county, who, upon such information, shall proceed as hereinbefore directed.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1781, ch. 13, sec. 2. 1880, ch. 33.

5. If any person charged with being the father of an illegitimate child shall feel aggrieved by the judgment of the justice, the justice shall require him to enter into recognizance for his appearance at the next circuit court for the county, or the criminal court of Baltimore, if in the city of Baltimore, and the said court shall take cognizance thereof, and such proceedings shall be thereupon had as in other criminal cases; and if the person so charged shall be found guilty by the verdict of a jury or by the court, if the case be tried before the court, the court shall immediately order such person to give security to indemnify the county from any charges that may accrue for the maintenance of said child, and if he shall neglect or refuse to give such security, he shall be committed to the custody of the sheriff until he

comply; provided, that such custody shall not continue longer than twelve months, nor less than six months, in the discretion of the court.

Root v. State, 10 G. & J. 374. Owens v. State, 10 Md. 164. Baker v. State, 21 Md. 422. Norwood v. State, 45 Md. 68. Neff v. State, 57 Md. 385.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 13, sec. 6. 1785, ch. 47, sec. 2.

6. Every justice by whom any recognizance to indemnify the county shall be taken, shall immediately return the same to the clerk of the circuit court for the county where he resides, or the clerk of the criminal court of Baltimore, if he reside in the city of Baltimore; and the clerk of the said court shall record the said recognizance among the proceedings of the court, and the court shall, when necessary, issue such process thereon as hereinafter provided for.

Ibid. sec 7. 1796, ch. 34.

7. Any justice of the peace, upon application of the mother of ny illegitimate child, or any person to whose custody such child may have been committed to be maintained, verified by the oath of such mother or other person that he or she has not received any sum or sums of money from the father of such child or either of his securities, his or their or either of their heirs, executors or administrators, for the use or maintenance of such child more than credit given, shall issue an order requiring such father, his security or securities, his or their heirs, executors or administrators, to pay the mother or other person having the custody of said child, such a sum of money as may appear adequate for the maintenance of such child, not exceeding thirty dollars per annum, until the said child shall arrive at the age of seven years.

Grantz v. State, 4 H. & J. 121. Eccleston v. State, 7 G. & J. 316. Mong . State, 10 G. & J. 380. Oldham v. State, 5 Gill, 90. Owens v. State, 10 Md. 165- Barber v. State, 24 Md. 383. Huyett v. Slick, 43 Md. 284.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1796, ch. 34.

8. Upon proof of the service of such order upon the person or persons to whom the same may be directed, and demand of payment thereof, and that the money due thereon is unpaid, the clerk of the court in which the recognizance of the father may be filed shall forthwith issue a scire facias on such recognizance, for

the use of such mother or other person entitled as aforesaid, and thereupon such proceedings shall be had as shall bring the matter in dispute fairly to trial at the next term thereafter without any imparlance or delay.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 14, sec. 1. 1785, ch. 38, sec. 1.

1. The owner or holder of every bill of exchange drawn in this State on any person, corporation or company in any foreign country, and regularly protested, shall have a right to recover so much current money as will purchase a good bill of exchange of the same time of payment, and upon the same place, at the current exchange of such bill, and also fifteen per cent. damages upon the value of the principal sum mentioned in such bill, and costs of protest, together with legal interest upon the value of the principal sum therein mentioned from the time of protest, until the principal and damages are paid and satisfied.

Bryden. Taylor, 2 H. & J. 396. Bank, 5 How. 382.

Bank v. U. S., 2 How. 736. U. S. v.

Ibid. sec. 2. 1785, ch. 38, sec. 1.

2. If any endorser of such bill shall pay to the owner or holder of such bill the value of the principal, and the damages and interest aforesaid, he shall have the right to recover the sum