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derick Presbyterian Church, and by the same name,
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CHAP. 282
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shall have perpetual succession, and he able to sue and
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be sued, plead and be impleaded in any courts of law
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or equity, in this State or elsewhere, and to make and
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have a common seal, and the same to break, alter or
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renew at their pleasure; and also to ordain and esta-
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blish such by-laws and ordinances, as shall be necessa-
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ry and proper for regulating the temporal concerns of
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said church, and for promoting religion in it; Provid-
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ed, they be not repugnant to this act, nor to the laws
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of this State.
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Time of service
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said nine trus-
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tees shall be elected from among the Frederick Pres-
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byterian Congregation at their first meeting: and at
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the end of the first year after said election, three of
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the said nine trustees shall go out of office at the, end
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of the second year, three of the remaining six of the
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original nine, shall go out of office, and at the end of
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the third year, the remaining three of the original nine,
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shall go out of office: the vacancies thus annually oc-
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curring, shall be annually supplied by the election of
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the same or other persons from among the said congre-
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gation, and by like rotation and election, one third of
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the trustees shall go out of office, and their places be
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supplied annually for ever, so that no person shall be
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trustee for more than three years without re-election.
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unless the election from any cause, should not occur
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at the appointed times, in which case, the trustees
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whose term has expired shall continue in office until
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Vacancies.
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new members are elected to fill their places: all vacan-
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cies in the board of trustees, caused by death, resigna-
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tion, refusal to act, or by expulsion from the commu-
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nion of said church, shall be, supplied by the remain-
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ing trustees, or a majority of them, at some subsequent
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meeting electing some member or members of said con-
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gregation to fill them.
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President
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said trustees,
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or a majority of them, shall at their first meeting, and
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at the end of every year thereafter, elect one of their
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members president of their board, and in case of his
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death, resignation, refusal to act, or expulsion from
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the communion of said church, shall elect another at
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