128 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

any Annual Meeting of the said Trustees, or at any adjourn-
ment thereof, any business may be transacted without special
notice of such business having been previously given, unless
such notice be required by the By-Laws. Special or extraor-
dinary meetings may be called by the President of the College
or by one-fourth of the Board of Trustees, by giving such no-
tice of the time, place and object of said meeting as shall be
provided in the By-Laws. At any meeting of said Board of
Trustees the presence of nine members thereof shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business. The concurring vote of
at least nine Trustees, however, shall be requisite for the elec-
tion of new Trustees.

SEC. 7. Said Goucher College shall continue the work done
by the corporation, or corporators, or trustees, whose successors
they are, in accordance with the Charter and amendments
thereto, whereof this Act is an amendment, and as therein stat-
ed to be the creating and maintaining of a college for the high-
er education of women; and shall have the continuing power to
admit students of the said College and other persons who shall
merit the distinction to such degree or degrees in course or hon-
orary, as the College may see fit to award, under such conditions
and requirements as shall be fixed by the college in its By-Laws;
and all powers, privileges, rights and franchises previously
granted to, or reserved through and by all former charters, or
amendments thereto, not inconsistent herewith, including the
right to receive, hold and administer all gifts, grants, legacies
and devises, as may have been intended for or heretofore given
to the said "Woman's College of Baltimore," or to the said
"The Trustees of the Woman's College of Baltimore City," or
which may be hereafter so granted, bequeathed or devised, shall
be and the same are hereby granted, confirmed and continued to
said corporation; and said corporation shall, in addition to the
powers herein granted, have and possess all rights, powers, and
privileges not inconsistent herewith, provided for and per-
taining to corporations incorporated under the general laws of
this State.

SEC. 8. This Act shall be construed liberally for every bene-
ficial purpose hereby intended, and no omission to use any of the
privileges hereby granted shall cause a forfeiture of the same,
nor shall any gift, grant, conveyance or devise to or for the bene-
fit of said corporation be defeated or prejudiced by any mis-
nomer, misdescription, or informality whatever, provided the in-