| 1807.
CHAP. 53. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
lecturer, or other officer of the said college, on account of
his particular religious profession, but regard shall be solely paid
to his moral character, and other necessary qualifications to fill the
place for which he shall be chosen.
By Nov. 1812, ch. 159, the College
of Medicine of Maryland is authorised to
constitute, appoint, and annex to itself, the other three colleges or faculties,
viz.
The Faculty of Divinity, The Faculty of Law, and The Faculty of the Arts
and
Sciences; and the said four faculties or colleges, thus united, are constituted
an
University, by the name of The University of Maryland. |
Board of medical
examiners, &c. incorporated. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the members of
the board of
medical examiners for this state for the time being, together with
the president and the professors of the said college, and their successors,
shall be, and are hereby declared to be, one community,
corporation and body politic, to have continuance for ever, by the
name of The Regents of the College of Medicine of Maryland. |
Regents may enjoy
lands, tenements,
&c. in fee,
&c. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said regents,
and their successors,
by the same name, shall be able and capable to enjoy, them,
and their successors, in fee, or for any less estate or estates, any
lands, tenements, annuities, pensions or other hereditaments, within
this state, by the gift, grant, bargain, sale, alienation, enfeoffment,
release, confirmation or devise, of any person or persons, bodies
politic or corporate, capable to make the same, and such lands,
tenements, rents, annuities, pensions or other hereditaments, or
any less estates, rights or interests, of or in the same, at their
pleasure to grant, alien, sell and transfer, in such manner and form
as they shall think meet and convenient for the futherance of the
said college; and also that they may take and receive any sum or
sums of money, and every kind, manner or portion of goods and
chattels, that shall be sold or given to them, by any person or persons,
bodies politic or corporate, capable to make a gift or sale
thereof, and employ the same towards maintaining the said college,
in such manner as they shall judge most necessary and convenient
for the instruction of students in medicine, and the sciences connected
with it. |
And may sue and
be sued, &c. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said regents,
and their successors,
shall be able in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
in any court or courts, before any judge, judges or justices,
within this state and elsewhere, in all and all manner of suits,
pleas, causes, matters and demands, of whatsoever kind, nature or
form they be, and to do all and every other matter and thing hereby
contemplated to be done, in as full and effectual a manner as
any other person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, in like
cases may or can do. |
Yearly value of
lands, &c. not to
exceed $ 30,000. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the yearly value
of the messuages,
lands, tenements, rents, annuities, or other hereditaments and real
estate, of the said college and corporation, (exclusive of the lots
and buildings occupied by the institution), shall not exceed thirty
thousand dollars; and all gifts to the said college and corporation,
after the yearly value of their estates shall amount to thirty thousand
dollars aforesaid, and all bargains and purchases to be made
by the said corporation, which may increase the yearly value of
said estate above or beyond the amount aforesaid, shall be absolutely
void and of none effect. |
Regents may
make and use a
seal. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said regents,
and their successors,
shall have full power and authority to have, make and use, |
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