1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

may be, and all and every other matter or thing to do

CHAP 276.

therein, in as full and effectual manner as any person

or persons, bodies politic or corporate within this

State, in like cases may or can do or perform, and the

said trustees or their successors, or a majority of them,

shall have full power and authority to have, make, and

use one common seal, with such device and inscription

as they shall think proper, and therewith to pass and

authenticate, the certificates, acts and orders of the said

corporation, and the same seal at their pleasure to

break, alter and renew.

Pover to appoint

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That the said trustees

teachers

and their successors, or a majority of them, from time

to time, and at all times hereafter, shall have full pow-

er and authority to constitute and appoint professors,

teachers and assistants for instructing the students

and scholars of the said academy in such sciences and

branches of education, as they shall think proper and

Make ordinances

suitable to be taught therein, and to make fundamental

ordinances and regulations for the good government of

the said academy, and the instruction of the youth

aforesaid, and by these ordinances to appoint such

number of their own body, not less than five, as they

may think proper, to be a quorum or committee for

transacting all general and necessary business of the

said academy, and making temporary rules for the ma-

nagement thereof, and also by the said ordinances to

delegate to the said professors and teachers, such pow-

er and authority as they shall think expedient for the

standing government and discipline of the said acade-

my, and the execution of the regulations thereof, and

also by the said ordinances to make such regulations

for the direction, recitation and examination of the said

academy, and the students and scholars therein, as

shall best promote the important object of the institu-

tion; Provided, always, that the said ordinances be not

repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State.

Meetings

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

a majority of them, shall meet at least twice in every

year, in stated semi-annual meetings, to he appointed

by their own ordinances, and at such other times as by

their said ordinances, or by their own adjournments