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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Simpson, John A. Ruff, Thomas H. Langley,
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William R. Hunt, Thomas P. Morgan, Henry J.
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Whalen, George T. Woodward, J. R. Ruggles, Uriah
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H. Griffith, John Lanahan, G. G. Baker, B. Peytoa
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Brown, James H. Davis and I. Henry Wilson,
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together with the subscribers of the stock of the
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association, and their successors shall be and they are
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hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate,
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by the name and style of the Washington Grove
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Camp meeting Association of the District of Colum-
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bia and Maryland, and by that name shall have
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succession; and be capable in law to sue and be sued,
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plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered,
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defend and be defended in all courts of law or equity
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or elsewhere ; to make and use a common seal, and
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the same to alter or renew at their pleasure, and
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generally to do and perform all things relative
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to the objects of this association, which now is, or
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shall be lawful for any individual or body politic or
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corporate to do, and shall have power to make and
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enforce rules, by-laws and ordinances, and to do and
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transact all and every such matters and things as are
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necessary and proper for the good government,
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support and furtherance of the said association.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said association
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shall be able and capable in law, to purchase, take,
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receive, hold and enjoy to them and their successors,
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all manner of lands, tenements, rents, annuities,
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franchises and hereditaments, and any sum or sums
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of money, and all manner of goods and chattels, and
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any kind of property whatsoever by purchase, gift,
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grant, devise, bequest or in any manner whatsoever
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not prohibited by the laws of this State, and the same
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to grant, bargain and sell, lease, release, confirm,
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convey, dispose of and encumber by judgments,
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mortgages or otherwise, and shall have power to
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contract with any person or body corporate, in
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reference to the carriage of persons to and from the
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grounds of their association, or with reference to any
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other matter or thing pertaining to the management,
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control or interests, and purposes of the said corpo-
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ration.
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Objects and
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the objects and
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purposes
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purposes of said association, are to obtain and hold
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land to be used under the direction of the association
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