1883 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 50	CHAPTER 49.
Passed Feb. 12, 1834	An act to authorise the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Frederick town to hold certain property to them deeded.
Preamble.	WHEREAS, by a deed made and executed by Evan Car- mack and Catharine Carmack his wife, dated November the twenty second, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, to Edward Buckey, George Salmon, George B. Shope, God- fray Koontz, Somerset R. Waters, Frederick Cronise and Horatio G. O'Neal, all of Frederick county, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Frederick town, conveying to the said trustees a certain house and lot or part of lots therein described, intended as a residence for the preachers of said society, and containing between two and three acres of land, and whereas, by the thirty-fourth section of the declaration of rights, the said trustees are incapable of holding the said property for the purposes
Authority granted	aforesaid, without the leave of the Legislature: Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Edward Buckey, George Salmon, George B, Shope, Godfrey Koontz, Somerset R. Waters, Frederick Cronise and Horatio G. O'Neal, trustees of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, in the city of Frederick, and their successors forever, duly appointed according to the regulations of said church, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to have and to hold the house and lot or parts of lots, deeded to them by Evan Carmack and Catherine Carmack his wife, by their deed bearing date the twenty second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, according to the true intent and meaning of said instru- ment, to exercise sole ownership over said property, for the use, benefit, support and behoof of said church, and that the said deed, when duly recorded in the clerk's office of Frederick county, shall be good and valid, to all intents and purposes,
	CHAPTER 50.
Passed Feb. 13, 1834	An act for founding a College in Baltimore county by the name of Franklin College.
College intended to be founded	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That a college or general seminary of learning