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CORPORATIONS. [ART. 26.

under their hands and seals to the contending parties
shall be final.

Qualifications.

162. At the first election or appointment of every
body, politic or corporate aforesaid, every church, so-
ciety or corporation assembled as already directed, shall
determine on their plan, agreement or regulation, spe-
cifying distinctly the time and manner of electing trus-
tees, and the manner in which the succession shall be
perpetuated, and containing an exact description of
the qualifications of the persons severally electing and
elected, and to elect and to be elected thereafter, and

Name of corpo-
ration

also the name, style or title of the corporation by
which it shall thereafter be known, and the name of
the church, society or congregation choosing the same.

Record book.

163. The said plan, agreement or regulation shall be
entered in the book hereinafter directed to be kept by

To be acknow-
ledged

every such corporation, and the same shall be acknow-
ledged by the trustees, or a majority of -them, before,
and certified by two justices of the peace of the county
or city in which the said church, congregation or so-
ciety, or the greatest number of the members shall re-
side, or the same may be acknowledged before, and cer-
tified by a judge of the circuit court, or of the supreme
bench of Baltimore city.

Plan or agree-
ment to be re-
corded in office
of clerk of
court

164. The plan or agreement so acknowledged and
certified shall be filed by the said trustees with the
clerk of the circuit court of the county where the said
church, society or congregation, or the greater part of
the members reside, or the clerk of the superior court
of Baltimore city, if they or the greater part of the
members reside in the city of Baltimore, within six
months after such acknowledgment shall be made, and
the same shall be recorded at the expense of the corpo-
ration, in a book to be kept for that especial purpose.

Amendment
of plan

165. If any change shall be made in the original
plan by authority of the congregation, such change
shall in the same manner be acknowledged and
recorded.

Meetings of
members

166. Every such corporation may appoint the times
and places of the meeting of its members, and the