1833.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAP. 191	as fully and effectually as any other religious corporation or body politic in this state hath right to have, hold and enjoy.
	Trustees named	Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That the first trustees of said corporation shall be and consist of the following persons, to wit: the Reverend Peter Harreman, Charles G. Green- well, James McWilliams, James W. Roach, John Coard, Enoch Neale, Henry Miles, Charles Medley, members of
	Future trustees	the said congregation; and the future trustees of the said corporation shall be and consist of the pastor of the church for the time being, and seven lay members of the congre- gation of Roman Catholics in Sacred Heart church afore- said, to be appointed and elected in the manner hereinafter mentioned.
	Election of 7 day trustees	Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That all and every of the members of the said congregation, holding a pew in the church, and paying for the same, or otherwise contributing towards the support of the same church or the pastor of the congregation, shall meet at their usual place of worship on Monday after Whitsunday, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five, and on the Monday after Whitsunday in every year thereafter forever, of which notice shall be given in the said church any time within one month preceding said day of election, and then and there shall elect by bal- lot the said seven lay trustees, and the persons so chosen shall be trustees of the said corporation until the next elec- tion, whose names, on such election, shall be declared by the pastor, and entered in the books of the said corpora- tion for that purpose to be kept.
	how organized— powers	Sec. 4.And be it enacted. That it shall and may be law- ful for the trustees above named, and their successors, from time to time as occasion shall require, to meet together for the purpose of transacting the business of the congregation under their care, of the time and place of which meetings due notice shall be given to all the said trustees at least two days before, and of which the pastor shall be president, if attending, and if four of the said trustees shall attend, they shall form a quorum or board, and shall have power by a majority of voices, to make, ordais and establish such rules, orders and regulations, for the management of the tem- poral business, and disposing of the estate of the said cor- poration as they shall judge proper; Provided, that such rules, orders and regulations be not repugnant to the con- stitution and laws of this state.