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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

amend such by-laws as it may deem necessary ; and

shall have power to acquire by purchase, or in any

other manner, and take, receive, hold, use, employ,

manage, dispose of, or in any manner not in consistent

with law, deal with any property, real, personal or

mixed, and situated in or out of the State, which may

bo necessary or proper to enable the said corpora-

tion to carry on the operations or fulfill the purposes

Powers

thereof, and generally to do every other act or thing,

not inconsistent with law, which may be necessary

or proper to promote the objects, designs and pur-

poses tor which said corporation is formed; but the

said corporation shall not alienate, mortgage, or

otherwise encumber any real estate which it shall

acquire, unless upon the recommendation of a ma-

jority of the Board of Management, approved by not

less than three-fourths of the members of the corpo-

ration, to be given at a meeting to be duly cal led for

that purpose.

Operations

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the operations of

this corporation shall be carried on in Montgomery

county in the State of Maryland, and in the Dis-

trict of Columbia, the principal office to be located

on the Fair Ground, near the town of Rockville in

said county, with such agency or agencies elsewhere

as may be deemed useful or necessary.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any citizen of

May become a
member

Montgomery county or of the District of Columbia,

may become a member of the society on the motion

of any member, approved by a majority vote of the

members present at any meeting of the society or

Board of Management, and on the payment of the

sum of one dollar, the payment of which sum annu-

ally shall be required for continued membership.

Any one failing to pay said sum before the closing

of the annual fair, shall cease to be a member; but

no person shall vote at any election of officers unless

he shall have been a member of said society at least

four months next preceding such election.

Officers.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the officers of the

society shall be a President and six Vice Presidents,

one from each of the present election districts of

said county, and one from the District of Columbia,

and an executive committee of five members of the