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CHAP. 186. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
authority to fill up the same by election, by a majority of the votes
of the said directors. |
May make by-laws,
&c.
Proviso. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the president,
vice-president and
directors, of the said school, and their successors, or a majority of
them, shall and may ordain, establish, and put in execution, such
by-laws, ordinances and regulations, as to them shall seem conducive
to the interests of the said institution, and necessary to the
good government and orderly management thereof, the same not
being contrary to the laws of this state, or of the United states;
and generally to do and execute all such acts, matters and things,
and in such manner and form as to them shall seem proper, in order
more effectually to carry into effect the purposes of this act;
Provided always, that a majority of the directors in being shall
be
necessary to form a quorum for the transaction of business. |
May sue and be
sued, &c. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the president,
vice-president and
directors aforesaid, and their successors, 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 all and any court or courts of justice whatsoever, and also
to make and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and
renew, at pleasure. |
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Passed Feb. 14, 1818. |
CHAP. CLXXXVII.
An Act for the benefit of a Religious Society in Frederick County
called The United Brethren.
Lib. TH. No. 6, fol. 121. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS, it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of certain members of a religious society called The United
Brethren, in Frederick county, that certain lands lying in said
county called The Gift, containing ten acres more or less; part of
a
tract of land called Contempt, containing thirty acres more or less;
a part of a tract of land called Smith's Hap, containing half an
acre and twenty perches; and part of a tract of land called Content,
containing three-fourths of an acre, were in the years seventeen
hundred and fifty-eight, seventeen hundred and eighty-two,
and seventeen hundred and eighty-eight, conveyed to certain trustees
for the use and benefit of said society, and that doubts are entertained
as to the title derived under said deeds; and the said petitioners
having petitioned that the title of said society to said
lands may be confirmed and vested for their use in certain trustees,
therefore, |
Title to lands vested
in trustees. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the title of the said society in and to the lands aforesaid, is hereby
confirmed and made valid, and the same is vested in the following
trustees, for the use and benefit of said society, to wit: Ludwick
Prutzman, John Creager, of Lawrence, and Elias Weller, or
any two of them, and the successors of said trustees, or any two
of such successors, to be appointed according to the rules and ordinances
of said society. |
Trustees may convey
title. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trustees,
or any two of
them, shall have power and authority to convey by deed, to any
person or persons who may have purchased a lot or lots of said
land for the purpose of building or improving the same, a good and
sufficient title to said lots, upon payment of the purchase money
due thereon, which said purchase money shall be fixed without
taking into computation the improved value of said lots. |
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