ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 11

less estate any lands, tenements or hereditaments, rents or annuities, goods or chattels within this State, by the gift, bargain, sale or devise of any person, body politic, or corporation capable of making the same, and to use or lease, mortgage, or sell and convey the same in such manner as they may judge most conducive to the interest of the Methodist Episcopal Church or Society in Chester- town, and to manage the estate, property, in- terest and inheritance of the said Church or So-
ciety ; provided, that nothing herein shall author- ize any sale, mortgage or other disposition of any property held by them under any instrument pro- hibiting such sale ; and provided the clear yearly income from the estate of said Church or Society, exclusive of collections in the Church, shall not exceed the yearly sum of twenty thousand dollars.	Proviso.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Trustees and their successors, or a majority of them or of their successors, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey in fee simple, at any time, to such person or persons, and for such considerations as they may deem proper, that part of the lot of land that was laid off for said Church by the Commissioners appointed by the said act of eighteen hundred and one, on which the Methodist Episcopal Church in Chestertown now stands, with the Church thereon, and the right to light thereto free from future obstructions within six feet thereof on the balance of the said lot, and to apply the pro- ceeds of the sale to the erection of a new Church.	Successors to sell.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved February 19, 1870.	In force.