| 1803.
CHAP. 62. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
and scholars of the said academy in such sciences and branches
of education as they shall think proper and suitable to be taught
therein, and to make fundamental ordinances or regulations for
the good government of the said academy, and the instruction of
the youth as aforesaid, and by these ordinances to appoint such a
number of their own body, not less than seven, as they may think
proper, to be a quorum or committee for transacting all general
and necessary business of the said seminary, and making temporary
rules for the management thereof; and also by the said ordinances
to delegate to the professors and teachers such powers and authorities
as they shall think expedient for the standing government
and discipline of the said seminary, and the execution of the regulations
thereof; and also by the said ordinances to make such regulations
for the directions, visitation and examination, of the said
seminary, and the students and scholars therein, as shall best promote
the important objects of the institution; Provided always,
that the said ordinances be not repugnant to the constitution and
the laws of this state. |
Trustees to meet
four times a year. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trustees,
and their successors,
or a majority of them, shall meet at least four times in every
year in stated quarterly meetings, to be appointed by their 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
the execution of their ordinances; and generally, to manage the estate
and concerns of the said seminary in such manner as they shall
deem best for the advancement and advantage of the institution. |
| And take an oath. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before any trustee
appointed in
virtue of this act shall proceed to execute the trusts and authorities
hereby delegated, he shall qualify 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 filed among their proceedings. |
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Passed Jan. 7, 1804. |
CHAP. LXIII.
An Act to establish Pilots, and regulate their Fees. Lib.
JG. No.
4, fol. 424.
Supplements, 1815, ch. 177, and 1817, ch. 89. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is necessary for the safety and preservation
of vessels
bound from this state to sea, or coming into Chesapeake bay
and bound up any river of this state, or some port thereof, that
able and experienced pilots should be established to conduct and
pilot such vessels, for reasonable fees, to their several moorings,
and that ignorant and unskilful persons should be prevented from
undertaking such pilotage; |
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