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CHAP. 74.
Principal to be,
ex officio, a trustee. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
14. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the principal for
the time being
shall be considered, ex officio, a trustee, and is hereby vested
with
all the rights thereto appertaining.
The Vice Principal, by the act of 1807,
ch. 97, is also made a trustee ex officio. |
Until suitable
buildings are
erected, the academy
conducted
by J. Priestly to be
constituted into
the institution intended
by this act. |
15. AND BE IT ENACTED, That from and after
the passing of
this act, and until such time as funds can be raised, and suitable
buildings erected, for the contemplated seminary, the private academy
which has for some years past been conducted by James
Priesly, in the city of Baltimore, with distinguished reputation,
and greatly to the advantage of the community, shall be constituted
into the institution intended by this act, and the same is hereby so
constituted, and the said James Priestly continued the principal
thereof, also that the teachers at present employed therein may be
continued, unless the board of trustees shall, in their discretion,
otherwise order; and the said institution, by the name and title of
Baltimore College, shall immediately have, and is hereby invested
with, full power to confer, on its deserving pupils, collegiate honours,
and the degrees of batchelor and master of arts, and of doctor,
and have all the privileges and rights, and be subject to all the
provisions, of this act. |
Charter to be
good and available
in all things
in the law. |
16. AND BE IT ENACTED, That this charter and
act of incorporation,
and every part thereof, shall be good and available in all
things in the law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof,
and shall be construed, reputed and adjudged, in all cases, most
favourably on the behalf, and for the best benefit and behoof, of the
said trustees, and their successors, so as most effectually to answer
the valuable end of this incorporation towards the general advancement
and promotion of useful knowledge, science and virtue. |
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Passed Jan. 7, 1804.
* 1797, ch. 110. |
CHAP. LXXV.
A Supplement to an act * entitled, An act to prevent excessive Gaming.
Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 454. |
Penalty for keeping
any E. O. table,
&c. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the passage of this act, no E O, A B C, L S D,
X Y Z, faro table, or any other device whatever, except billiard tables,
for the purpose of gaming for money, or any other thing,
shall be set up, kept or maintained, in any house, or at any place
whatever, on pain of forfeiting every such E O, A B C, L S D,
X Y Z, faro table and other device, and of forfeiting moreover, for
every offence, the sum of two hundred dollars, upon conviction thereof,
by indictment or confession in the county court of the county
wherein the offence shall be committed.
See November 1809, ch. 138, s. 7. |
Justice on complaint,
may suppress
tables. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall and may
be lawful, and
it is hereby declared to be the duty of any associate justice, or justice
of the peace of this state, upon complaint made, information
given, or on his own view, to suppress and prevent the playing at
any of the above-mentioned tables, or any such other device for
gaming, and, if resistance shall be made to his authority, it shall
and may be lawful for the said associate justice, or justice of the
peace, to commit the person or persons so offending in the premises
to the custody of the sheriff, or any constable of the county, who
may, if necessary, summon a posse comitatus to his assistance,
to
enforce the execution of this law. |
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