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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	the charter, and that less than a majority of said Board met in the City of Baltimore on the ......... ized said corporation by the election of A. Fuller Crane, President, William J. Ross, Vice-Presi- dent, Lawrence J. Brengle, Treasurer, ami Henry C. Naill, Secretary, which election was not au- thorized by the charter — and whereas it is repre- sented that the sum appropriated by the General Assembly of Maryland is insufficient to erect suitable buildings, and for the support of the Deaf and Dumb Mutes of the State of Maryland :
Additional.	SECTION 1 . Se it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the following Sections be added to the Act passed by the General Assembly of Maryland, at the January Session, eighteen hun- dred and sixty-seven, entitled "An Act to estab- lish and incorporate an Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb of the State of Maryland," to follow Sec- tion thirteen.
Ratification.	Sec. 14. And be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the election of A. Fuller Crane as President, of William J. Ross as Vice-Presi- dent, Lawrence J. Brengle as Treasurer, and of Henry C. Naill as Secretary, be and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed, and they shall con- tinue to act as such officers respectively, until suc- cessors shall be elected or appointed -according to the provisions of said charter.
Amended.	Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That Section two of said Act be amended so as to read as follows : That a quorum of said Board shall consist of not less than seven of the Board of Visitors, who shall be competent to do any act, or execute any power vested by the charter in the Visitors, or a majority of them, and that meetings of said Visitors may be held at such place and time as may be designa- ted by the President of the Board.
Additional Incorporators.	Sec. 16. And be it enacted, That Jacob P. Roman of Allegany, James Blair of Washington, and John Loats, Wm. H. Falkner and Joseph Baugher of Frederick County, be and they are hereby ad- ded to the number of incorporators mentioned in the first Section of the Act of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, Chapter two hundred and forty-