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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="3-301" title_number="3" title_name="Banking Institutions -- Commercial Banks" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Capital Stock; Surplus Requirements; Stockholders">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A subscription for the original capital stock of a commercial bank shall conform, to the extent applicable, to the provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law that relate to stock subscriptions.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An increase in the outstanding capital stock of a commercial bank is not valid unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The commercial bank has sufficient surplus so that after the increase in capital stock its surplus will equal at least 20 percent of its capital stock; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amount of the increase is subscribed for and paid as required for subscription for original capital stock.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A stockholder may vote in person or by proxy the capital stock that the stockholder owns of record.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
