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EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
own ordinances, and at such other times as by their said ordinances,
or by their own adjournments they may direct; and when so assembled,
they shall have power from time to time to appoint a president,
treasurer and secretary; to make contracts with the professors
or teachers, relative to the instruction of the scholars to be
placed under their care, and for the payment of their salaries; to
examine the progress of the students and scholars in their learning;
to hear and determine on all complaints and appeals, and upon all
matters touching the discipline and government of the said academy,
and wholesome execution of their ordinances; and generally to
manage the estate and concerns of the said seminary, in like manner
as is usually done for the advancement and advantage of similar
institutions. |
NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 152. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before any
trustee herein before
appointed, or hereafter to be elected, shall proceed to execute the
trusts and authorities delegated by this act, he shall qualify himself
before some magistrate, by taking an oath, or affirmation, as the
case may be, that he will truly and faithfully execute and perform
the duties of a trustee of the said academy, without partiality or
prejudice, according to the best of his skill and judgment, and
agreeably to the directions of this act, and a certificate of such
qualification shall be delivered by the magistrate and be affiled
among their proceedings. |
To take an oath. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trustees,
and their successors,
or a majority of them, shall report their proceeding, and
the state of the academy, to the general assembly, for their inspection
and examination; and this act of incorporation, and every part
thereof, and the proceedings of the trustees in execution thereof,
shall have effect in law, according to the true intent and meaning
of the same respectively, and shall be construed, reputed and adjudged,
in all cases, most favourably on the behalf and for the benefit
of the said trustees, and their successors, so as most effectually
to answer the objects and design of this act, towards the advancement
and promotion of knowledge and virtue. |
And to report the
state of the academy
to the general
assembly. |
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CHAP. CLIII.
An Act concerning the amendment of Judicial Proceedings. Lib.
TH.
No. 2, fol. 370. |
Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the courts of law shall have power to order and allow amendments
to be made in all proceedings whatever before verdict, so as to
bring the merits of the question between the parties fairly to trial,
and if amendment is made after the jury is sworn, a juror shall be
withdrawn; and in all cases where amendments are made, the adverse
party shall have time to prepare to support his case, but the
case shall not be continued to the next term, unless the court shall
be satisfied that the same necessary, and such costs shall be allowed
the party against whom such amendment may be made as the
court shall think just. |
Amendments may
be made in all proceedings
before
verdict, &c. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all writs of error
wherein there
shall be any variance from the original record, or other defect, may
be amended, and made agreeable to such record; and that where
any verdict shall be given in any action, suit or demand, in any |
All writs of error
may be amended;
after verdict judgments
not to be
stayed for defect
of form in writ,
&c. |
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