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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Authority.

he impleaded, in all courts of law and equity, and
to whom shall be conveyed in trust, for tlxe pur-
pose above recited, the ground so purchased; said
Trustees shall have all the incidental authority
necessary to carry into effect the object of this cor-
poration.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the care and
management of the grounds referred to in this Act,
are hereby entrusted solely to the Trustees men-
tioned in the third section of this Act, together
with the Trustees that may be appointed by other

Trustees to
have control
and remove
dead.

States, and their successors, and it shall be their
duty, out of funds that may come into their hands
by State appropriations or otherwise, to remove the
remains of all the soldiers referred to in the second
section of this Act, and to have them properly in-
terred in the aforementioned grounds.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid
Trustees, with any others that may in the mean-
time be appointed by other States, shall hold their

Meeting.
Officers,

first meeting in Hagerstown, in Washington
County, on the first Wednesday in the month of
May next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and
organize by the election of one of their members
President, and appoint a Secretary and Treasurer,
and shall have power to employ such other officers
and agents as may be needful; they shall re-
quire the Treasurer to bond to the corporation
in double the probable amount of money that may
be in his hands at any time during the term of his
office, with two or more sufficient securities, con-
ditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties and
the correct accounting for the paying over of the

Bond must be
approved.

money; said bond to be approved by the Circuit
Court of Washington County, and recorded in the
Clerk's office of said County; the term of office of
the officers of the Board of Trustees aforesaid shall
expire on the first day of January of each year, or
as soou thereafter as their successors may be duly
chosen and qualified to act.

Vacancy, how
filled.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That in case of ne-
glect or failure of the Governor of any State to fill
a vacancy in the Board of Trustees, the Trustees
may supply the place by appointing a citizen of
the particular State which is represented in the
Board by reason of such vacancy. It shall be the