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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ment or award of a majority of them certified un-
der their hands and seals to the contending parties
shall be final.

Qualification
of voters.

Sec. 162. And be it enacted, That at the first
election or appointment of every body politic or
corporate aforesaid, every church, society or corpo-
ration assembled as already directed, shall deter-
mine on their plan, agreement or regulation, spe-
cifying distinctly the time and manner of electing
Trustees, and the manner in which the succession
shall be perpetuated, and containing an exact de-
scription of the qualifications of the persons severally
electing and elected, and to elect and to be elected
thereafter, and also the name, style or title of the
corporation by which it shall thereafter be known,
and the name of the church, society or congrega-
tion choosing the same.

Entry to be
kept.

Sec. 163. And be it enacted, That the said plan,
agreement or regulation shall be entered in the
book hereinafter directed to be kept by every such
corporation, and the same shall be acknowledged
by the Trustees, or a majority of them, before and
certified by two Justices of the Peace of the county
or city in which the said church, congregation or
society, or the greatest number of the members
shall reside, or the same may be acknowledged be-
fore and certified by a Judge of the Circuit Court
or of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city.

Filed with
Clerk.

Sec. 164. And be it enacted, That the plan or
agreement so acknowledged and certified shall be
filed by the said Trustees with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of the county where the said church,
society or congregation, or the greater part of the
members reside, or the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Baltimore city, if they or the greater part of the
members reside in the city of Baltimore, within six
months after such acknowledgment shall be made,
and the same shall be recorded at the expense of
the corporation, in a book to kept for that especial
purpose.

Change.

Sec, 165. And be it enacted. That if any change
shall be made in the original plan by authority of
the congregation, such change shall in the same
manner be acknowledged and recorded.