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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Simpson, John A. Ruff, Thomas H. Langley,

William R. Hunt, Thomas P. Morgan, Henry J.

Whalen, George T. Woodward, J. R. Ruggles, Uriah

H. Griffith, John Lanahan, G. G. Baker, B. Peytoa

Brown, James H. Davis and I. Henry Wilson,

together with the subscribers of the stock of the

association, and their successors shall be and they are

hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate,

by the name and style of the Washington Grove

Camp meeting Association of the District of Colum-

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bia and Maryland, and by that name shall have

succession; and be capable in law to sue and be sued,

plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered,

defend and be defended in all courts of law or equity

or elsewhere ; to make and use a common seal, and

the same to alter or renew at their pleasure, and

generally to do and perform all things relative

to the objects of this association, which now is, or

shall be lawful for any individual or body politic or

corporate to do, and shall have power to make and

enforce rules, by-laws and ordinances, and to do and

transact all and every such matters and things as are

necessary and proper for the good government,

support and furtherance of the said association.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said association

shall be able and capable in law, to purchase, take,

receive, hold and enjoy to them and their successors,

all manner of lands, tenements, rents, annuities,

franchises and hereditaments, and any sum or sums

of money, and all manner of goods and chattels, and

any kind of property whatsoever by purchase, gift,

grant, devise, bequest or in any manner whatsoever

not prohibited by the laws of this State, and the same

to grant, bargain and sell, lease, release, confirm,

convey, dispose of and encumber by judgments,

mortgages or otherwise, and shall have power to

contract with any person or body corporate, in

reference to the carriage of persons to and from the

grounds of their association, or with reference to any

other matter or thing pertaining to the management,

control or interests, and purposes of the said corpo-

ration.

Objects and

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the objects and

purposes

purposes of said association, are to obtain and hold

land to be used under the direction of the association