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JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
church, in Saint-Mary's county, from and after the passing of this
act, shall be, and they are hereby created into and declared to be,
a body politic and corporate, in deed and by law, by the name,
style and title, of The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Congregation
at Saint Joseph's Church, in Saint-Mary's County; and that
they the said trustees, by the name aforesaid, and their successors,
to be elected as herein after mentioned, shall have perpetual succession,
and shall be able and capable in law to purchase, take, have,
hold, receive and enjoy, to them and their successors, in fee simple,
pr for any lesser estate, any lands, tenements and hereditaments,
by grant, gift, bargain and sale, and also to purchase, take, hold,
possess and enjoy, any monies, bank stock, stock of the United
States, goods, chattels, or personal property whatsoever, by gift,
grant; Provided, that the lands which shall be acquired by, and
vested in, the said corporation, by virtue of this act, shall not exceed
the quantity of two hundred acres; And provided also, that the real
and personal property acquired by, and vested in, the said corporation,
shall not exceed in the whole the yearly value of two hundred
pounds current money of Maryland; and the same lands, tenements,
hereditaments and personal property, to give, sell, convey, or otherwise
dispose of, as to them shall seem meet, for the use of the said
religious society; and also that the said trustees by the name aforesaid,
shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, implead
and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended,
in any suits or actions in all or any court of jurisdiction
within this state; and that it shall and may be lawful for the said
trustees, by the name aforesaid, to devise, make, have and use, one
common seal, to authenticate all and every the acts, deeds and instruments,
touching their business, and the same at pleasure to
break, alter and renew; and generally that the said trustees, by the
name aforesaid, shall have, hold and enjoy, all and singular the
rights, privileges, liberties and franchises, incident and belonging
to a private or religious corporation or body politic, as fully and
effectually as any other religious corporation or body politic in this
state hath right to have, hold and enjoy. |
1801.
CHAP. 51.
Provisos. |
