1831.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 221.

CHAPTER 220.

Patted Mar. 6,1832

An act to make valid the instrument of writing therein men-

tioned.

Recorded and

made valid.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the instrument of wnnting, or deed of mortgage from John

Short, and Mary Short, his wife, of Anne Arundel county,

in the state of Maryland, to Nathan Warfield of the coun-

ty and state aforesaid, bearing date the eleventh day of

April, eighteen hundred and thirty one, and recorded among

the land records of Anne Arundel county, in liber W. S. G.

number sixteen, folio ninety-eight, be, and the same is here-

by made and declared to be as valid, and effectual in law to

all intents and purposes, as if the said instrument of writing,

or mortgage, had been acknowledged and executed accord-

ing to law.

CHAPTER 221.

Passed Mar. 8,1832

An act to incorporate the Boonsborough Library Society.

Incorporation

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

granted.

land, That the shareholders of the Boonsborough Library

society, their successors and assigns, be any they are here-

by constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name

and style of the "Boonsborough Library Society," and by

that name shall have perpetual successession, may sue and

be sued, and have and use a common seal, with power to

purchase, receive, and hold, they and their successors, for-

ever, any lands, tenements, rents, goods and chatties of what

kind soever, which may be purchased or devised, or given

to them for the use of said library, and to lease, rent, or

otherwise dispose of the same, in such manner as to them

shall seem most conducive to the interest of the said socie-

ty.

Powers conferred.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said shareholders,

or their successors, or a majority of them, shall have power

to appoint directors, a librarian and treasurer, and such

other officers as may be necessary, and shall have power,

from time to time, to make and establish such by-laws, rules

and regulations, not contrary to the laws and constitution of

this state, or of the United States, as they may judge neces-

sary for the government of said society.

To increase shares

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said society shall have

power, in like manner to increase the number of shares if