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FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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faith ; therefore, be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Maryland,
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SECTION 1. That article 23 of the Code of Public General
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Laws (title "Corporations," sub -title " Religious Corpora-
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mended.
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tions") be and the same is hereby amended by the addition
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thereto of four sections, to follow section 217 of the said
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article as now enacted, and to be designated as section 217
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A, section 217 B, section 217 C, and section 217 D, respect-
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ively, the said sections to read as follows, that is to say :
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SEC. 217 A. In every congregation of the denomination
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of Christians known as the "Roman Catholic Church," the
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ordinary of the diocese and the pastor of the said congrega-
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Religious
corpora-
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tion for the time being, according to the practice and
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tions of the
Roman
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discipline of the said church, the other persons to be annu-
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Catholic
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ally designated by said ordinary, and two other persons to
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Church.
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be annually elected by the male pew-holders of the said
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congregation from among their number (said annual election
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and appointntent to be made on the Sunday next succeeding
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the first day of January in each and every year, and the
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incumbents to hold office until their respective successors
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shall be so as aforesaid elected or appointed, as the case
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may be) shall be constituted a body politic and corporate,
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under such title as may be assumed by the said corporation,
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and recorded in a certificate under the hands and seals of
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the corporators first chosen or otherwise entitled to office
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under the terms of this act, the said certificate to be
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acknowledged before a justice of the peace of the county,
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or city of Baltimore, as the case may be, where the said
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congregation shall have or possess a place of worship, and
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recorded among the corporation records of the said county
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or city.
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SEC. 217 B. Every such corporation shall have, in
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addition to the powers conferred by sections 50 to 55 of this
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Powers of
such cor-
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article, inclusive, in so Jar as the said powers may be con-
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porations.
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sistent with its general character, the further power to
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appoint the hour and place of the meetings at which the two
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of its members so as aforesaid to be annually elected shall
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be chosen, and the manner in which such election shall be
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held, and shall provide a good and sufficient record-book
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wherein shall be registered from time to time all of its
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proceedings, and which shall at all times be open to inspec-
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tion by any member of the said congregation, or any
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ecclesiastical officer of the said denomination of Christians,
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having, according to the discipline and practice thereof,
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authority over the said congregation, or the right to be
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informed concerning its management and interests of the
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said corporation the pastor of the congregation for the time
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