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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 92.

AN ACT entitled a supplement to the act entitled

"An act to incorporate the Presbyterian Church

of the city of Baltimore," passed at November

session, seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, chap-

ter fifty-eight, and authorizing said corporation to

hold and acquire property to the value of four

hundred thousand dollars.

WHEREAS, by the act to which this is a supple-

ment, the body politic thereby created was empow-

ered to acquire and hold property not exceeding in

value the sum of six thousand dollars, which limit

Preamble.

was extended to twenty-five thousand dollars by the

act of eighteen hundred and fifty-six, chapter three

hundred and thirty-one, and was still further extend-

ed to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars by the

act of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, chapter two

hundred and twenty-five;

Preamble.

AND WHEREAS a still further extension of said

limit has become necessary.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the said corporation may

May hold and
acquire

hold and acquire, by purchase, gift, devise or bequest,
real or personal property; provided the same shall

not exceed in value the sum of four hundred thous-

and dollars.

Effective

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 25, 1880.