ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 67
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CHAPTER 84.
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AN ACT to incorporate the trustees of the presbytery of Balti-
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more.
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WHEREAS, the presbytery of Baltimore in connection with the
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general assembly of the presbyterian church in the United States
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of America, has devised means for the raising of funds for educa-
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Preamble.
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tional and other religious purposes, and for the purpose of authoriz-
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ing and empowering the said presbytery of Baltimore to receive,
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invest and dispose of said funds and for other corporate purposes;
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
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That Henry Branch, John P. Carter, George E. Jones, Joseph T.
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Smith, James E. Moffatt, Edward D. Freeman, John K. Cowen,
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A. Hunter Boyd and Elisha H. Perkins and their successors, to
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be from time to time designated by the presbytery of Baltimore
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as hereinafter provided, be and they are hereby incorporated and
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made a body corporate and politic by the name of "The trustees
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Name.
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of the presbytery of Baltimore;" and by that name said body and
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its successors shall have perpetual succession, and by that name
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be capable of suing and being sued, and shall have and use a
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common seal, and the same alter and renew at pleasure, and shall
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have and exercise such other powers as shall or may be necessary
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or proper to carry into effect the objects of the incorporation.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the moderator of said presby-
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tery of Baltimore ex-officio, and said persons and their successors
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duly elected and appointed, shall be the trustees of the said cor-
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poration for the period of one year from the date of this act, or
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until their successors shall be duly appointed and qualified; the
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successors to said trustees shall be elected by the members of said
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Trustees
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presbytery or so many of the same as shall be present at the spring
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meeting of said presbytery, or at any adjourned meeting thereof,
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and at such other times and places as the members of said cor-
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poration, when convened, shall direct and appoint; and the
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moderator of said presbytery, for the time being, shall be ex-officio
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the president of the board of trustees of said corporation.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall have
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