668 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

appointed, as the ease may be), shall be constituted a body
politic and corporate, under such title as may be assumed by
the said corporation, and recorded in a certificate under the
hands and seals of the corporators first chosen or otherwise
entitled to office under the terms of this section, the said cer-
tificate to be acknowledged before a justice of the peace of the
county or city of Baltimore, as the case may be, where the
said congregation shall have or possess a place,of worship, and
recorded among the corporation records of the said county or
city.

1892, art. 614, sec. 217 B.

314. Every such corporation shall have, in addition to the
powers conferred by sections 57 to 64 of this article, inclusive,
in so far as the said powers may be consistent with its general
character, the further power to appoint the hour and place oi
the meetings at which the two of its members so as aforesaid
to be annually elected shall be chosen, and the manner in
which such election shall be held, and shall provide a good
and sufficient record book, wherein shall be registered from
time to time all of its proceedings, and which shall at all times
be open to inspection by any member of the said congregation,
or any ecclesiastical officer of the said denomination of Chris-
tians, having, according to the discipline and practice thereof,
authority over the said congregation, or the right to be
informed concerning its management and interests of the said
corporation, the pastor of the congregation for the time being
(if any there be), shall always be president; it shall have
power to frame such rules and ordinances for the orderly con-
duct of divine worship and the advancement of the interests of
the congregation, as a majority of the corporation may from
time to time deem necessary; provided that the same shall not
conflict with the constitution or laws of the United States or of
this State, or with the discipline and practice of the denomina-
tion aforesaid.

Ibid. sec. 217 C.

315. If at any time one of the corporators so as aforesaid
to be annually elected shall die, resign or become disqualified
by ceasing to be a pewholder of the said church, it shall be
competent for the remaining members of the said corporation
to appoint a successor to the one so dying, resigning or becom-
ing disqualified, which successor shall hold office until some
one to fill his place shall be chosen at the next annual meeting
of the said congregation; and if at any time the member so as