1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

hundred and thirty-seven, and in common with the

CHAP.115

former trustees have prayed an act of incorporation: —

Therefore,

Corporation crea-

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

ted and empow-ered

Maryland, That the said Joshua Doub, Cornelius

Shriner, Benjamin Neidig, Ezra Doll and John Derr,

Junior, and their successors, elected in the manner pro-

vided by the constitution of the Retreat School House

aforesaid, be and they are hereby incorporated and

made a body politic forever, by the name and style of

the Trustees of the Retreat School House, by which

name and style they may sue or be sued, defend or be

defended, answer or be answered in law or equity, and

be entitled to hold the said land and school house there-

on, and any other property for the purpose of said Re-

Properyt limited

treat School House, not exceeding the sum of fifteen

hundred dollars, yearly, value.

Rules and regula-

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, .That . the said trustees

tions— objects, etc

and their successors shall .have power to ordain and

establish such rules and by-laws, as they may deem

proper, for the useful management and preservation of

said school house, and the government thereof, and for

the use of said school house as a,house of public wor-

ship by Orthodox Christians; Pro-vided such use shall

not interfere with the original purpose thereof as a

school house.

Exemption from

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the corporate pro-

tax

perty of said trustees and their successors, while used

as a school, shall he exempt from all assessment for

taxes under the laws of the State.

Liabilities for con. tracts

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said

trustees and their successors shall be liable only in their

corporate, and not their individual capacity, for all

contracts or debts incurred in their corporate capacity

as aforesaid.

Record

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said trustees

shall keep a regular book in which they shall transcribe

their constitution, act of incorporation, and their by-

laws, and all the elections of trustees and teachers, and

such proceedings as may be had at their meetings re-

lative to said school, and appoint a secretary to keep