1258 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 760]

and as soon as by requisite legislation of the State of Mary-
land the control and management of all the real and per-
sonal property of the said college should be placed in the
hands of the trustees elected by the said convention, and
all other legislation should be obtained which in the judg-
ment of the said convention of the said church might be
necessary to carry out the said object; and,

WHEREAS, On the 31st day of May, 1911, the Convention of
the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Mary-
land did, by resolution duly passed, declare that it would
establish upon the property in Washington county, Mary-
land, belonging to the Corporation of the College of St.
James, a diocesan school for boys when and as soon as by
requisite legislation, as aforesaid, the control and manage-
ment of all the real and personal property of said college
should be placed in the hands of trustees elected by the said
convention, and all other necessary legislation could be ob-
tained to carry out the above-named object; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 3 of Chapter 253 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of the year 1843, entitled "An Act to
incorporate a literary institution in Washington county under
the name of the College of St. James, and section 1 of Chapter
381 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of the
year 1858, entitled 'An Act supplementary to the Act of Decem-
ber Session, 1843, Chapter 253, entitled 'An Act to incorporate
a literary institution in Washington county under the name of
the College of St. James,' " be and the same are hereby re-
pealed, and the following section be and the same is hereby
enacted in lieu thereof:

SEC. 1. That the entire management of the affairs and con-
cerns of the said corporation and College of St. James and all
the corporate powers granted thereto by Chapter 253 .of the
Acts of 1843, aforesaid, and Chapter 381 of the Acts of 1858,
aforesaid, shall be and are hereby vested in a board of nine
trustees, seven of whom shall be residents of the State of
Maryland, to be annually elected by the Convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.