1833.
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. 58.
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all the said inhabitants to meet at said school house on the
first Saturday in May, eighteen hundred and thirty six, for
the purpose of electing a Trustee to fill the place of George
Riner, whose term shall then expire; and that the Trustees
for the time being shall call a meeting of the said inhabi-
tants, at said school house, for the purpose of electing one
Trustee on the first Saturday in May, or in thirty days
thereafter, of each succeeding year, and no person shall
hold the office of Trustee longer than three years, unless
re-elected by the people; and the said George Riner and
Michael Lease, are hereby appointed and declared Trus-
tees of the said Linganore School House and House of
Public Worship, until the elections shall be made as herein
provided and directed.
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Regulation far
meetings of wor-
ship.
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Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That said house shall be open
and free for all Christian denominations to worship in; pro-
vided, no one denomination, occupy said house for public
worship more than one Sabbath in every two, or every oth-
er Sabbath; and provided, no meeting for public worship
shall interfere with school hours, unless by consent of a
majority of the Trustees.
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Qualification for
trustee
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That no person shall be elegi-
ble to be elected a Trustee for said house, unless he be at
the time over twenty-five years of age, and his residence
within two and a half miles of said house, and that all free
male white inhabitants, twenty one years of age, who are
in any wise interested in said house or institution shall be
entitled to vote at any of the said elections.
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Record book
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Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the Trustees for said
school shall keep or cause to be kept, a book for the use,
and as the property of said corporation, in which shall be
duly entered and recorded all the subscriptions to, and for,
the use of the said corporate objects and all other proceed-
ings of said corporation.
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Property vested
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Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the said property con-
veyed to the Trustees herein before mentioned, in trust,
and the estate and interest therein, and all other or further
gifts, grants, donations, or purchases, to or for the use of
said institution, is hereby vested in the corporation hereby
created; provided, it does not exceed in value as aforesaid.
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