WHEREAS the members of the religious society of Roman catholics
belonging to the congregation worshipping at the church of Saint-Mary,
in the vicinity of Bryan-town, in Charles county, have, by
their petition to this general assembly, prayed that a law might pass
to incorporate
them, and to enable them to manage the temporalities of their church,
as
other religious societies within this state have been enabled to do;
and it appearing
reasonable that the prayer of said petition be granted,
II. Be it enacted,by
the General Assembly of Maryland, That the members
of the religious society of Roman catholics belonging to the congregation
worshipping
at the church of Saint-Mary, in the vicinity of Bryan-town, in Charles
county, from and immediately after the passing of this act shall be,
and they are
hereby erected into and declared to be, one body politic and corporate,
in deed
and law, by the name, style and title, of the Trustees of the Roman
Catholic
Society worshipping at the Church of Saint-Mary, in the vicinity of
Bryan-town,
in Charles county; and that they, the said trustees, by the name aforesaid,
and their successors, to be elected as herein after mentioned, shall
have perpetual
succession, and be able and capable in law to purchase, take, have,
hold,
receive and enjoy, to them and their successors, in fee-simple, or
for any lesser
estate, any lands, tenements, rents, hereditaments, or real estate,
by grant, gift,
bargain, sale, will, devise or otherwise, and also to purchase, take,
hold, possess
and enjoy, any monies, goods, chattels, or personal estate whatsoever,
by gift,
grant, will, legacy or bequest, so as the said real and personal property
shall not
exceed in the whole the yearly value of two hundred pounds current
money of
Maryland; and provided also, that the lands which shall be acquired
by and
vested in the said corporation by virtue of this act shall not exceed,
in the whole,
the quantity of three hundred acres; and the same lands, tenements,
rents,
hereditaments, and real and personal estate, (excepting always the
said church
called Saint-Mary, and the lot of ground, grave-yard and appertenances
thereto
belonging, or therewith now used and occupied,) to give, grant, demise,
or
otherwise dispose of, as to them shall seem meet, for the use of said
religious
society; and also, that the said trustees, by the name aforesaid, shall
be able and
capable in law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer
and be
answered unto, defend and be defended, in any suits or actions, and
in all or any
courts or jurisdictions whatsoever; and that it shall and may be lawful
for the
said trustees, by the name aforesaid, to devise, make, have and use,
one common
seal, to authenticate all and every the acts, deeds and instruments,
touching
their business, and the same at pleasure to break, alter and renew;
and generally,
that the said trustees, by the name aforesaid, shall have, hold and
enjoy, all and
singular the rights, privileges, liberties and franchises, incident
and belonging
to a private or religious corporation or body politic, as fully and
effectually as
any other private or religious corporation or body politic in this
state has right to
have, hold and enjoy. |
Preamble.
Members erected
into a
body politic,
&c. |
