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Seminary holding a claim against it exceeding the sum of two hundred
dollars; And whereas, the charter of said Seminary, passed at January
session, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, chapter one hundred and seventy-
five, as aforesaid, requires alteration in some particulars for the more
ready management of its affairs.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That so much of the said act of incor-
poration as requires five members of the Board of Trustees to be Minis-
ters of the Lutheran Church shall be and the same is hereby repealed,
and that in lieu thereof five persons of the Lutheran persuasion shall be
elected, whether Ministers or not, as the voters shall determine at each
and every election; and it shall be lawful for five Trustees to constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That it shall be competent for the Board
of Trustees to unite the offices of Secretary and Treasurer in one and
the same person; and that lie or they may or may not be scholarship
holders as the Board making the appointment may deem proper or ex-
pedient.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That at all meetings of the scholarship
holders for the election of Trustees, or other purposes, any of them may
vote by proxy.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That before this act shall go into effect
or operation the same shall be submitted to a meeting of the scholarship
holders in said Seminary after three weeks notice of the time, place and
object of the meeting published in the newspapers of Hagerstown, and
shall by majority of the same be accepted and adopted; and thereupon
this act shall go into full effect and operation; and the scholarships
shall be regarded as transferred to the persons mentioned in the first
section of this act, whenever the number shall be obtained and the debts
by them paid off or assumed, and for the purposes therein expressed.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the acceptance or adoption of this
act by the scholarship holders as in the preceding section provided shall
be certified to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals of this State, under
the seal of said corporation, and within one month after such accept-
ance or adoption.

HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.

AN ACT to amend an act to provide for the erection of a Hospital for the Insane in

this State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to appoint five per-
sons who shall act as Commissioners in accordance with the provisions
of an act passed in eighteen hundred and fifty-two, chapter three hun-