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among the shareholders, not less than nine, nor
more than twenty directors, to manage the concerns
of said corporation for one year thereafter, or until
an election shall take place, and their successors are
duly qualified, the said directors shall qualify at the
next regular meeting of the company, and a majority
of said board shall be and are hereby empowered to
transact all business of the corporation.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 239.
AN ACT granting the assent of the General As-
sembly of Maryland, to a bequest contain ed in the
last will and testament of Amelia Matthews,
(colored,) late of the City of Baltimore, deceased, to
the Rev. Mr. Miller, the Priest in charge of St.
Francis Xavier, Colored Roman Catholic Church,
located in Calvert street near Pleasant street, in
the City of Baltimore, or to his successor, for the
use and benefit of said church.
WHEREAS, Amelia Matthews, (colored,) late of the
City of Baltimore, deceased, by her last will and
testament, bearing date the eleventh day of June, in
the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and recorded	Preamble.
in the office of the Register of Wills of Carroll
county, bequeathed to the Rev. Mr. Miller, the Priest
in charge of St. Francis Xavier, Colored Roman
Catholic Church, located in Calvert street near
Pleasant street, in the City of Baltimore, or to his
successor in charge, the sum of three hundred
dollars, for the use and benefit of said church, and
WHEREAS, The Rev. Peter L. Miller, was the	Preamble
Priest in charge of said church at the date of said
will, therefore —