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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That Curtis Davis, Wil-

liam H. Watkins, D. O. P. Elliott, John W. Brown,

Incorporators

Rufus C. Harris, James H. Davis and William Sul-

livan, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in

Federalsburg, and their successors in office, are

hereby created and incorporated a body corporate

and politic by the name and style of the trustees of

the Methodist Episcopal Church in the town of Fed-

Powers.

eralsburg, in Caroline county, and by that name

shall have perpetual succession and shall be able and

capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be im-

pleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any Court

of Law or Equity in this State or elsewhere, and may

have a common seal and the same to alter or break

at pleasure, and to do all other acts necessary to carry

into effect their incorporation.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the incorporation

created by this act shall have power to purchase, hold,

Powers.

improve and enjoy any property, real, personal or

mixed, with such meeting house and burying-ground

as they may now own or may hereafter purchase, not

exceeding twenty thousand dollars, to the best inter-

est of said church.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the incorporation

created by this act, shall have power to adopt such

Adopt consti-
tution and by-

constitution and by-laws as they may see proper, in

laws.

accordance with the discipline of the Methodist Epis-

copal Church and not inconsistent with the constitu-

tion and laws of this State.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the acts and doings

Made valid.

of the board of trustees heretofore acting as such for

said church, be and the same are hereby ratified and

made valid.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the board of trus-

Fill vacancies.

tees created by this act shall have power for cause to

remove any of the said board, and to fill all vacancies

made by removal, death, resignation or expulsion of

any of the said board from time to time as the case

may require.

In force.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take-

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1876.