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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

manner as to the said synod shall seem proper ; but

the same person may not be re-elected until after he

shall have ceased to be a member of the said board

Proviso.

or corporation, for at least one year, provided, however,
that the aforesaid Trustees, namely Lewis H. Steiner,

Louis Markell, William Heiser, Jacob O. Miller, and

Samuel N. Callender shall continue in office as

follows: one of them until the first day of January

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and seventy-five ; one until the first day of January

one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six; one until

Term of service

the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred

und seventy-seven ; one until the first day of Jan-

uary one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight ;
and one until the first day of January, one thousand

eight hundred and seventy-nine; these different

terms of office to be distributed by lot or otherwise

by the said corporation, among themselves at their

first meeting ; and further, if the place of any mem-

ber of the said corporation be made vacant by death,

resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the

remaining members of the said corporation, at the

first meeting held at which such vacancy shall become

Vacancies.

known, to elect and appoint a person who is a mem-

ber of the Reformed Church in the United States,

to the office of trustee, or member of said corpo-

ration, who shall however hold office only for the

unexpired term of the member creating such vacancy;

and the person thus elected by the said corporation.

shall not be re-eligible by the synod aforesaid, until

after he has ceased to be a trustee for the period of

Not eligible.

at least one year; and further, if the synod aforesaid

fail during any one year to change one-fifth of the

members of this board or corporation, then the va-

cancy occurring on the first day of January, according

to the provisions and restrictions of this act, shall be

filled by the said corporation, and the person thus

elected and appointed, shall be a member of the said

corporation for the term of five years.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the corporation

Power to dis-
pose of

aforesaid shall have power and authority to manage

and dispose of all moneys, goods, chattels, lands,

tenements and hereditaments, and other estate what-

soever committed to their care and trust, by the said

Synod of the Potomac of the Reformed Church in

the United States; but in cases where special in-