1838.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 86.

Membership

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That every person who shall ac-
quire as aforesaid, and continue to own, one or more shares of
the said joint stock, shall be deemed a member of said in-
stitution, and as such entitled in any meeting thereof, for
general or special objects and in the election of directors,

Vote

to one vote for each and every share of said joint stock
held by him, or her as a member: but no assignee of any
of said depositors or of owners of joint stock, shall as such

Limitation

be entitled to vote as a member of said institution, unless
the said stock shall have been transferred on the books of,
said institution, at least three months previous to any elec-
tion.

CHAPTER 86.

Passed Jan. 18, 1834

An act to Incorporate The Patapsco Female Institution.

Corporation crea-
ted

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That all persons who now are or may hereaf-
ter become subscribers to the capital stock intended to be
raised for the building; or establishment of a Female Sem-
inary at Ellicott's Mills, or in its vicinity, shall be, and
they are hereby made and constituted, a body politic and

Title

corporate, by the name, style and title of the Patapsco Fe-
male Institute, and by that name, style and title, shall have
continued succession, and be able and capable in law to ac-
quire property, real, personal and mixed by gift devise or

Capabilities

purchase; and to hold, sell, dispose of and convey the
same; and to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, an-
swer and be answered, defend and be defended in any court
of law or equity, or other place whatsoever: and to have
and use a common seal; and the same to break, alter and
renew at pleasure; and to receive and make all deeds,
transfers, contracts, covenants, conveyances and grants,
whatsoever, and generally to do every other act and thing

Limitation

necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act,
and to promote the object and design of said corporation;
Provided always, that the quantity of land held by the said
Corporation, shall never exceed one hundred acres, and that
the aggregate value of their entire property shall never ex-
ceed seventy-five thousand dollars.

First Meeting

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That Thomas B. Dorsey, Al-
ien Thomas, Nathaniel H. Ellicott, John S. Williams and