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incorporated by the name of the Maryland College ot Pharmacy, and shall by that name have per- petual succession, may sue and be sued in any Court of this State, may have and use a common seal, and at their pleasure alter and change the same, and they shall have power to establish by- laws and orders for the regulation of said institu- tion; provided the same be not repugnant to the Constitution of the State of Maryland, or of the	Powers.
United States; and they shall have power to take, hold and possess any estate, real, personal or mixed, by subscription, gift, grant, purchase, devise, or otherwise, and the same improve, lease, exchange, or sell and convey at pleasure; provided	Possess real estate.
that the value of real estate held at any time by said Corporation shall not exceed ten thousand dollars, over and above the amount necessary for the requisite buildings, chemical, philosophical and pharmaceutal apparatus, library and other appurtenance to the objects specifically contem- plated by this Act.	Not to exceed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the offi- cers of said College sha1! be a President, two Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and a Board of three Examiners, which said officers shall consti- tute a Board of Trustees, of whom five shall form a quorum for the transaction of business; said Board of Trustees shall have control and direction of the funds of said corporation, the appointment of professors or lecturers and all the subordinate officers of said College, and shall, in the name of the Maryland College of Pharmacy, issue certifi-	Officers.
cates of membership, adopt rules and regulations for the examination of candidates and grant diplomas, and further are hereby authorized and empowered to confer, in the name of and under such rules and regulations as said College may establish, the degree of Doctor in Pharmacy, and such other degrees or ordei's of merit as may con- duce to the advancement of the science of Phar- macy. Sec. o. And be it further enacted, That an elec- tion shall be held semi-annually by the members present at general meetings to be held in July and January of each and every year (after January, eighteen hundred and seventy,) for the election of officers by ballot, viz ; For President, Secretary,	Membership.