190

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Proviso.

the said church; provided, always such members shall
be males, of the full age of twenty-one years, and
that the said conference shall embrace within its
bounds some part of the State of Maryland, be and
they are hereby constituted a body politic and cor-
porate, in fact and in law, by the name of the Vir-
ginia Annual Conference of the United Brethren in
Christ.

Perpetual suc-
cession

SEC. 2. And be. it enacted, That by such name they
shall have perpetual succession, shall be capable in
law to purchase, take and hold to them and their suc-
cessors in fee, or for a less estate, any lands, tenements
or hereditaments, rents or annuities, goods or chat-
tels within this State, by the gift, bargain, sale or de-
vise of any person, body, politic or corporate, capable
of making the same, and to use or lease, mortgage

Proviso.

or sell and convey the same in such manner as they
may judge most conducive to the interest of said con-
ference, provided, nothing herein shall authorize any
sale, mortgage, or other disposition of any property
held by it under any instrument prohibiting such
sale, and provided, further, the clear yearly income
from the estate of such conference, shall not exceed
the yearly sum, of twenty thousand dollars.

Shall be con-
tinued.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the succession of
the said conference shall be continued by the admis-
sion and dismissal of members in such manner as is
now in use and adopted under the polity of the
church of the United Brethern in Christ, or as may
from time to time be adopted by the said church,
provided always its membership shall consist only of
males, of not less than twenty-one years of age.

Trustees.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the Bishop and
Presiding Elders of the said conference from the time
being shall, when so duly elected, be and continue
during their term of office trustees of the property
and estates held under this act of incorporation, and
all transfers of property, except in cases of gifts or
devises to the conference, shall be made to or by
them as such trustees.

Be subject.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said body cor-
porate, shall at all times be, and, remain subject to