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CHAP. 73. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
parts of the said Long Marsh and branch shall have, possess and
enjoy, the free and uninterrupted liberty and privilege of opening,
cutting, cleansing and keeping open, such ditch or drain as is directed
by the original act, for his, her or their benefit and interest,
through the whole extent of the said marsh and branch belonging
to the said Samuel Wright, and if so cut and kept open, to be done
at his, her or their own proper cost, charges and expenses, and
not at the cost or charges of the said Samuel Wright, or any of
his successors, as proprietor or proprietors of the said unimproved
parts of the said marsh and branch, any thing in the said original
or supplementary acts to the contrary notwithstanding. |
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Passed Jan. 7, 1804. |
CHAP. LXXIV.
An Act for founding a College in the City of Precincts of Baltimore,
by the name of Baltimore College.
Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 449.
A Supplement, 1807, ch. 97. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS public institutions for the education of
youth have ever
been encouraged, and considered, upon salutary regulations, the
surest means of raising up citizens eminent in science and virtue,
ornaments and supports of their country; therefore, |
College to be established
in city or
precincts of Baltimore. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
a college or general seminary of learning, by the name of Baltimore
College, be established in the city or precincts of Baltimore, upon
the following fundamental principles, namely, 1st. The said college
shall be founded and maintained for ever upon a most liberal
plan, for the benefit of youth of every religious denomination, who
shall be freely admitted to equal privileges and advantages of education,
and to all the literary honours of the college, according to
their merit, without requiring or enforcing any religious or civil
test, or urging their attendance upon any particular plan of religious
worship or service, other than that they have been educated in,
or have the approbation and consent of their parents or guardians
to attend; nor shall any preference be given in the choice of a principal,
or other professor, master or tutor, in the said college, on
account of his particular religious profession, but regard shall be
had solely to his moral character, literary abilities, and other necessary
qualifications to fill the place for which he shall be chosen,
2. When any of the trustees named or chosen shall die, resign, decline
serving, or remove out of Baltimore city and county, or absent
himself from four succeeding quarterly meetings, without such excuse
or plea of necessary absence as shall be deemed reasonable by
a legal and just quorum of the said trustees, duly assembled at a
quarterly visitation of the said college, such quorum so assembled,
shall proceed, by a new election, to fill up the place and seat of
such deceased, removed or absenting member. |
| Trustees appointed. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the right reverend
John Carroll,
the reverend Francis Beeston, the reverend Joseph G. I. Bend, the
reverend Elijah Rattoon, the reverend James Ingles, the reverend
John Glendy, the reverend William Otterbine, the reverend J.
Daniel Kurtz, the reverend Lewis Richards, Samuel Smith, James
Calhoun, Doctor George Brown, Alexander McKim, William Patterson,
William Smith, Thomas McElderry, William Cooke, John
McKim, junior, James Carroll, John Bankson, James McHenry,
Edward Johnson, John Scott, James H. McCulloch, Henry
Didier, James L. Hawkins, Peter Levering, Harmanus Alricks, |
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