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as required by the next succeeding section, shall be conclusive
evidence that such certificate does conform to the law.
Goodman v. Jedidjah Lodge, 67 Md. 125.

1888, art. 23, sec. 44. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 39.

52. If the said judge shall 'so' determine, he shall certify
his said determination upon the said certificate, which shall
thereupon be recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit
court for the county in which the principal office of said corpo-
ration shall, by the terms of said certificate, be located, if it
shall be located in one of the counties of this State, or in the
office of the clerk of the superior court of Baltimore city, if
the principal office of said corporation shall be located therein;
and the said certificate shall be recorded in a book provided
for that special purpose.

Oler v. Balto. & Randallstown R R. Co., 41 Md. 583.

Ibid. sec. 45. 1868, ch 471, sec. 40.

53. When the said certificate shall have been recorded, the
persons who have signed and acknowledged the same, and their
successors shall, according to the objects, purposes, articles,
conditions and provisions in said instrument contained, become,
and be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the
name stated in such certificate.

Grape S. & V. Co. v. Small, 40 Md. 395.

Ibid. sec. 46. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 41.

54. A copy of such certificate, or of any amendments thereto
or of any paper relating to corporations, which is required by
law to be recorded, when certified to be a true copy by the
clerk of the court in whose office the same is recorded, under
the seal of his office, shall be evidence in all legal proceedings,
and in all the courts of this State.

Ibid sec. 47. 1868, ch 471, sec 42. 1890, ch. 339. 1892, ch. 39. 1894, ch. 557.

55. If any alteration or amendment of the articles or pro-
visions of the charter of any said corporations shall be made
by the authority of the corporations, such alterations or amend-
ments shall be made known, acknowledged and recorded in
the same manner as prescribed in sections 50, 51 and 52
of this article, and after the said alteration or amendment
shall be recorded, the same shall be taken to be a part of the
said charter or instrument, as if the same had originally been