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1835.
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LAWS OP MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 243.
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CHAP. 243.
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Passed Mar 22,1836
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An act to incorporate the subscribers to an association for
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the encouragement of the fine arts, and for other
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purposes.
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Persons incorpora-
tea
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Maryland, That William Lorman, Hugh Birchbead,
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John Hoffman, George Williams, Jonathan Meredith,
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Benjamin J. Cohen, Charles Tiernan, Nathaniel Wil-
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liams, George C. Morton, Joseph White, John Glenn,
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Josias Pennington, John P. Kennedy, William G.
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Harrison, Gustar W. Lurman, Gorham Brooks, Robert
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A. Taylor, Columbus O'Donnell, John B. Howell,
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William Crawford, David McKim, their associates,
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successors and assigns, he and they are hereby creat-
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ed a corporation and body politic, by the name and
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style of the Baltimore association for the encourage-
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Powers granted
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ment of literature and the fine arts, and by that name
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may have perpetual succession, and shall be able and
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capable in law, to sue and be sued, implead and be im-
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pleaded, answer and be answered, in any court of law
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or equity; and to make and use a common seal, and the
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same to change and alter at pleasure; and to ordain
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and establish such ordinances, by-laws, and regula-
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tions, as shall be necessary or convenient for conduct-
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ing the affairs of the corporation, and not repugnant
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to law.
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Objects stated
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the objects of the
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said corporation are declared to be the encouragement
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of literature and of the fine arts, and the holding and
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fitting up of accommodations for the exhibition of pro-
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ceedings of the arts, and for amusements, for which pur-
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pose they are hereby authorised to purchase and hold
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lands and tenements, in fee simple or otherwise, not
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exceeding in value at one time, one hundred thousand
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Capital slock, &c.
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dollars: The capital of said corporation may amount
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to one hundred thousand dollars, and the shares there-
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in shall be one hundred dollars each; but the payment
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of ten thousand dollars shall entitle it to go into opera-
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tion.
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