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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the power to pass such rules, regulations or by-laws as shall not

be repugnant to any provision of the constitution or laws of this

State or of the United States; and that said corporation shall

have full power and authority to take and hold subscriptions, con-

tributions, legacies or devises of money or real or personal prop-

Powers.

erty of every kind and description for its said corporate purposes,

and the same to invest, and the proceeds to apply for the said cor-

porate purposes as shall from time to time be most expedient,

the income from said property or funds not to exceed the amount

of twenty-five thousand dollars per annum; and the said corpora-

tion shall have the right to sell, grant, dispose of, alien or demise

all said property in such manner and upon such terms as it shall

deem proper.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall have

perpetual succession and that nothing herein contained shall en-

large, restrict or in any manner affect the power or authority

Succession

which said presbytery of Baltimore now hath, or may exercise or

claim over the churches in connection with said presbytery or the

members thereof; but all such powers and authorities which are

or may be claimed or exercised shall remain in like condition, and

none other, as if this act had not been passed.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall be void and of

none effect unless it shall be accepted by the said presbybery of

To accept

Baltimore within one year from the date of its passage; said ac-

ceptance to be evidenced by a certificate signed by the moderator

of said presbytery and the clerk thereof and filed in the office of

the secretary of State within said period.

Effective.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved March 14, 1890.