| NOV. 1812.
CHAP. 158. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
meeting of people called Quakers in Baltimore-town, that they
were seized and possessed of a lot of ground on the east side of
Jones's Falls, included within York, Harford and Pitt-streets, and
Smock-alley, containing by computation near four acres, which
was purchased by the said society before the revolution, for the purpose
of erecting a meeting-house, yard, stabling, burying ground
and school-house, and a small piece of said lot to accommodate
a school-master, or some person to be employed in taking care of
said premises, with a house and garden, it was enacted that it should
and might be lawful for the trustees of said society to have and to
hold
the property and lots above described, to them, their heirs and
assigns for ever, saving to all and every person their several and
respective rights; and it was thereby provided and enacted, that
the said property and lots should be held and enjoyed for a meeting-house,
yard, stabling, burying ground, school-house and dwelling-house,
and small garden to accommodate said school master or
person taking care of said property, and for no other use or purpose
whatever: And whereas, the society constituting the monthly
meeting of Baltimore for the eastern district in the city of Baltimore,
by their memorial and petition to this general assembly
have set forth, that many years ago the above mentioned lots and
property were conveyed to John Cornthwait, and others, in trust
for the uses mentioned in the above recited act; that since the passing
of the aforesaid act, most of the trustees have died, and that
the aid of this legislature is deemed necessary to perpetuate the
said trust; therefore, |
Property vested in
society. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
all the estate, right and title, acquired by the several deeds of trust
executed for the benefit of the aforesaid society of people called
Quakers, of, in and unto, the lots of ground and property before
mentioned, be and the same is hereby vested in John Trimble,
John Dukehart, William Husband, Ely Balderston, Thomas Matthews,
David Brown and William Proctor, their heirs and assigns,
in trust, for the same uses and purposes as are mentioned in the act
of assembly above referred to, and to and for no other use or purpose
whatsoever, saving to all and every person and persons their
several and respective rights. |
Trust may be
transferred. |
2. PROVIDED ALWAYS, AND BE IT ENACTED, That
it shall be
the duty of the trustees above named, or the survivors of them,
whenever called upon or required by the said monthly meeting so
to do, to transfer the trust hereby reposed in them to such other
trustees as the said monthly meeting may name and appoint, which
said new trustees, when chosen, shall hold the said property subject
to the like provision as are herein before contained, so that
the said trust may and shall be perpetuated and transmitted in
manner aforesaid, from time to time, for ever. |
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Passed Dec. 29. |
CHAP. CLIX.
An Act for founding an University in the City or Precincts of Baltimore
by the name of The University of Maryland. Lib.
TH.
No. 3, fol. 495. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS public institutions for the promotion and
diffusion of
scientific and literary knowledge, under salutary regulations, cannot
fail to produce the most beneficial results to the state at large, |
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