| NOV. 1809. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
March, one thousand eight hundred and ten, at the city of Baltimore,
and on the same day annually thereafter, or as soon after as
may be, and then and there elect the officers of said society, and
form such rules and regulations as may be necessary for assuring
and carrying into effect the benevolent purposes of this act, provided
such rules and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution
and laws of this state, or the United States. |
To be capable to
sue and be sued,
&c. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said corporation,
and their
successors, by the name aforesaid, shall be for ever thereafter able
and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all or
any courts of justice, and before all or any judges, officers or persons
whatsoever, and that it shall and may be lawful for them, and their
successors, for ever thereafter, to have a common seal for their use,
and the same, at the will and pleasure of them, and their successors,
to change, alter, break and make anew, from time to time, as
they shall think best, and shall in general have and exercise all
such rights, franchises, privileges and immunities, as by law are
incident and necessary to corporations of this kind, and which
may be necessary to the corporation herein constituted, to enable
them, duly and fully, in law, to execute all things touching and
concerning the design and intent of their said corporation, for the
benevolent succours and relief of their members, and the widows
and orphans of deceased members of the said society, agreeably to
such rules and by-laws as may be established by them. |
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Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
CHAP. XLIII.
An Act to appoint Commissioners to review the Road therein mentioned,
in Harford County. Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 184.
See 1807, ch. 120. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it hath been represented to this general
assembly, by
the petitions of the landholders over which the road, commonly
called The Sandy Bottom Road, is land, and others, that the said
landholders have sustained considerable damage, for which a very
inconsiderable compensation have been made, and that the said
road is not of that public utility that will authorise the opening
thereof, and pray that a law may pass appointing commissioners
of review, to review the said road, with power to reject or confirm
the same, and in case of a confirmation thereof, to be authorised
to assess and levy such further damages as they in their judgment
shall think them entitled, if any; therefore, |
Commissioners
appointed to review
a certain
road, &c. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
John Moores, Andrew Turner, Gilbert Jones, William Whiteford
and Thomas Hope, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners
of review, to review the said road directed to be laid out by an act,
entitled, An act to appoint and authorise commissioners to review
and lay out the road therein mentioned, in Harford county, passed
at November session, one thousand eight hundred and seven, chapter
seventy (a), beginning at the Sandy Bottom, and they, or a
majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised to confirm
the said road as laid under the direction of the aforesaid law, or
to reject the same, as they in their judgement may think proper;
(a) Should be ch. 120. |
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