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have succession and be capable in law of purchas- ing, holding, selling, leasing and conveying lands, tenements, goods, chatties and other property, real, personal and mixed, provided that the value of the property held at any one time shall not ex- ceed fifty thousand dollars, and to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure, and generally to do all acts and things which may be necessary to carry in
effect the provisions of this Charter ; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize said corporation to issue any scrip or other device as currency, and that the General As- sembly reserves the right to amend or repeal this Act when the same shall be deemed advisable.	Proviso.
Sec. 3 . And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved March 30, 1868.	In force.
CHAPTER 375. AN ACT to repeal Section six hundred and twen- ty-three of Article four of the Public Local Laws, entitled " City of Baltimore," sub-title "Justices of the Peace and Constables," and to re-enact the same with amendments.
SECTION 1 . Se it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Section six hundred and twen- ty-three of Article four of the Public Local Laws, entitled "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Justices of the Peace and Constables," be and the same is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor :	Repealed.
623. Every summons issued by said Justices shall be made returnable before the same, or any Justice of the Peace of the ward in which the	Summons.