JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 189
for excursions from churches, sunday schools and
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other moral and benevolent associations, and to hold
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camp-meetings or other religious meetings in ac-
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cordance with the usages of the M. E. Church, to
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ornament, embellish, grade and supply the said
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grounds with all necessary roads, and when necessary
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to alter and change the locations of roads, and to erect
on same such tenements and houses, and to make such
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provisions for supplying water and light as may be
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needed in carrying out the design and purpose of the
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association, and generally to manage, improve, lease
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or dispose of said land, and to do any manner of thing
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that said association may deem necessary or proper,
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and not inconsistent with the laws of this State.
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SEC. 4. And, be it enacted, That Floderada Howard,
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Trustees
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William R. Woodward, John T. Mitchell, Benjamin
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H. Stinemetz, Matthew G. Emory, John W. Wade,
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Thomas Sommerville, Alexander Ashley, Richard
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H. Willett, Walter M. Talbot and Israel G. War-
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field are the trustees of said corporation, and will
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hold their office until the second Monday in May,
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eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and until their
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successors shall have been duly elected ; that the said
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eleven trustees and their successors shall manage the
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affairs of the said corporation.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of
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the said incorporation is hereby fixed at twenty
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Capital stock
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thousand dollars, divided into one thousand shares
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of twenty dollars each; that any portion of surplus
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funds remaining to the association after defraying
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all necessary expenses thereof, for purchase of lands,
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cost of all improvements, and care of the property,
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and after the stockholders shall have received
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dividends not exceeding six per centum per annum,
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on the amount actually paid in on their stock, shall
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be securely invested by the trustees for the sub-
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sequent care and improvement of the premises, and
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to defray as far as possible, the expenses of the
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annual camp meeting, of the association, and for no
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other purpose whatever.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the stockholders of
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Stockholders
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said corporation, at their annual meeting which shall
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be held on the second Monday of May of each year,
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or at such other time as may be fixed by the associ-
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