| CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
have petitioned to be incorporated; and this general assembly being
willing to encourage all good institutions, therefore, |
1818.
CHAP. 71. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the most Reverend Ambrose Marechal, Archbishop of Baltimore,
the Reverend Enoch Fenwick, Luke Tiernan, David Williamson,
John White and John Scott, members of the Roman Catholic Metropolitan
church of Baltimore, and their successors in office, who
shall be duly elected in the manner herein after mentioned, be, and
they are hereby declared to be, one community, corporation and
body politic, for ever hereafter, by the name and style of Protectors
of Saint Mary's Orphaline Female School in the City of Baltimore,
and by that name they shall be and they are hereby made
able and capable in law, to have, purchase, and receive, possess, enjoy
and retain, to them, and their successors as aforesaid, lands, tenements
hereditaments, rents, annuities and pensions, in fee
simple, or for a term of years, life, lives or otherwise, and also
goods, chattels and effects, of what nature, quality, or kind soever,
by the gift, bargain, sale or devise, of any person or persons, bodies
politic or corporate, capable to make the same, and the same to
grant, demise, alien, or dispose of, in such manner as the said protectors,
or a majority of them, may judge most conductive to the
use and benefit of the said institution; Provided always, that a
majority
of the protectors shall be necessary to form a quorum for
the transaction of business, and also that the said corporation shall
not at any time hold or possess property, real, personal or mixed,
exceeding in yearly value the sum of five thousand dollars. |
Persons incorporated,
&c. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That Mrs. L. Ann Tiernan,
Mrs. P.
Ann S. Tiernan, Mrs. Eliza M. Scott, Mrs. Jane Chatard, Mrs.
Juliana Williamson, Mrs. Sarah White, Mrs. Ann Groe, Mrs.
Harrioitt Chequiere and Mrs. Letitia Boyle, be, and they are hereby
declared to be, sole managers of the said Orphaline Female
School, and that they shall continue to have, hold and enjoy, the
full administration of the same, (each lady returning the respective
office she now holds in the said school,) until the ensuing election
of another board of managers. |
Ladies declared
sole managers of
school. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That on or before the
first day of April
next, the said Mrs. L. Ann Tiernan, Mrs. P. Ann Tiernan, Mrs.
Eliza M. Scott, Mrs. Jane Chatard, Mrs. Juliana Williamson,
Mrs. Sarah White, Mrs. Ann Groe, Mrs. Harriet Chequiere and
Mrs. Letitia Boyle, shall draw up a list of the charitable ladies,
members of the Metropolitan church, not exceeding twenty-four
in number, who either by their donations, or by the activity of
their zeal, shall have most contributed to the welfare of the said
Orphaline Female School, and that the present board of ladies,
managers, together with the ladies on the said list, or a majority
of
them, shall meet together, in the presence at least of the said protectors
of St. Mary's Orphaline Female School, and shall proceed,
by a majority of votes, to the election of a new board of managers
for the ensuing year; that is to say, of a president, treasurer, secretary,
and six directresses, which said election shall take place
in the same manner yearly and every year during the continuance
of this association. |
Election of new
board of managers. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the board of ladies,
managers,
so chosen as aforesaid, shall have power and authority, notwithstanding |
Managers to elect
the protectors of
school. |
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