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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1878.

CHAPTER 271.
AN ACT to incorporate the Cecil Detective Asso-
ciation.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted oy the General Assembly
of Maryland, That John Underwood, H. H. Duyck-
inck, A. R. Magraw, Samuel Gifford, Levi R. Mearns, Job H. Kirk and Hugh M. Cameron, and all and every	Corporation.
person or persons who with them or in their stead
shall hereafter become associated with them, their
successors and assigns, shall be and are hereby cre-
ated and declared to be a body corporate and politic
by the name and style Of the Cecil Detective Asso-
ciation, and by that name shall and may have per-
petual succession, and be capable in law of pur-
chasing, holding improving and disposing of such
property, real, personal and mixed, as may be neces-
sary for the purposes herein authorized, and may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and de-	Make and
fend in all courts of law and equity, and may make,	ex'cute deeds,
execute and deliver, and have or cause to be made,	&c.
executed and delivered to them, all deeds, transfers,
grants, covenants, contracts, agreements and bar-
gains whatsoever necessary for the purpose and ob-
jects of said association, and may use and have a
common seal, and generally do every other act or
thing necessary to carry into effect the object and
provisions of this act not inconsistent with the laws
of this State or of the United States, and to ordain	Establish by-laws and
and establish such by-laws and regulations as they	regulations.
shall deem necessary, proper or convenient for con-
ducting the affairs of the corporation hereby created.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the objects of said	Pursuit and
corporation are declared to be the pursuit and re-	object.