are elected; and that the said directors and all
other persons who now are or who may hereafter
become members of said Lodge in conformity to its
constitution and by-laws now in force, or which
may, under this Act, be ordained and by their
successors, be and they are constituted and declared
to be a community, corporation and body politic
forever, by the name, style and title of Howard
Lodge, number thirteen, Independent Order of
Good Templars of Leitersburg, Washington coun-
ty, Maryland, and by that name are hereby made
capable in law, to have, receive and retain to them
and their successors, property real and personal,
and the same at their pleasure to transfer and dis-
pose of, and to sue and be sued, implead and be
impleaded, answer and be defended in any court
• of law or equity, and to have and use a common
seal, the same to break, alter or renew at pleasure,
and to make such by-laws, rules and regulations
as may be necessary for the government of the
property of said Lodge, and the management of
its affairs.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That for the purpose
of raising means to purchase suitable building or
buildings for a hall in the town of Leitersburg,
the aforesaid directors be authorized to issue cer-
tificates of stock to the amount of fifteen hundred
dollars, in shares of five dollars each, to be paid
in instalments of fifty cents per month on each
share, until the first day of April, beginning on
the first day of February, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, and thereafter as the by-laws may
direct, giving not less than ten days notice of such
payment, the board of directors to be elected an-
nually on the first Saturday in April of each year
by ballot of the stockholders of said corporation,
a majority of votes cast to constitute an election,
said election to take place on the aforesaid day,
between the hours of twelve M., and four o'clock
P. M., and three of the aforesaid directors to be
members of good standing in the Lodge, and that
the said five directors shall serve for one year, or
until their successors shall bo elected, and that
they may elect a president, secretary and treasurer
from their number, the treasurer to give an ap-
proved bond to the board of directors, and that the

Certificates
of stock.