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structions for the management and disposal thereof,
shall be given by the said synod in writing, under
the hand of their clerk, it shall be the duty Of the
said corporation to act according to such instructions; provided, the said instructions shall not be repug-
nant to the Constitution and Laws of the United
States, or the Constitution and Laws of this State, or
to the provisions and restrictions in this act con-
tained.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said cor-	Officers.
poration shall and may have a President, a Vice-Pres-
ident, who shall also be the Secretary or Clerk, and a
Treasurer ; the President and Vice-President to be
chosen by the said corporation out of their own
number, as often as they may see proper, and accord-
ing to the rules by them to be prescribed, but the
Treasurer to be elected annually by the said Synod
of the Potomac of the Reformed Church in the
United States, from among the members of the said
corporation, in such manner as to the said synod
shall seem proper, and the same person shall be re-
eligible to the office of Treasurer, by the said synod
from year to year, so long as he continues to be a
member of the said corporation ; and the said cor-
poration shall have authority to appoint such other
officers and servants as shall by them, the said cor-
poration, be deemed necessary, to all of which
officers the said corporation may assign such a com-
pensation for their services, and such duties to be
performed by them, to continue in office for such
time, and to be succeeded by others in such way, the
Treasurer being excepted conformably to the provi-
sions of this act, as the said corporation may direct.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That three members of
this board or corporation, whereof the President or,	Quorum.
in his absence, the Vice President shall be one, shall
be a sufficient number to transact the business
thereof, and to make by-laws, rules, and regulations;
provided that previous to any meeting of the board
or corporation for such purposes not appointed by
adjournment, ten days notice shall be previously
giveu thereof, by a circular sent by mail or otherwise
to each member of the corporation.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the said corpora-	Record of pro-
tion shall keep regular and fair entries of their pro-	ceedings.