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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

mechanical pursuits in Wicomico county and are

now desirous of being incorporated ; therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That Milton A. Parsons, Elihu J.

Pusey, James B. W. Perdue, George W. Leonard,

George W. Hitch, Ezekiel Hitch, George W. Bell,

Thomas Humphreys, Charles F. Holland, Edward S.

Toadvine, George Waller, William S. Gordy, William

W. Disharoon, Elijah Freeny aud J. Augustus Par-

sons, and their associates, who now constitute the

Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Wicom-

ico county, and such other persons as shall be here-

after admitted members of the same, be and they

Body politic

are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate

and corporate

with perpetual succession, under the name and style

of the " Agricultural and Mechanical Association of

Wicomico county," with power to them and their

successors to adopt a common seal, and the same to

alter and change at will, and by the corporate name

Powers.

above mentioned to sue and be sued, implead and

be impleaded, and to take and hold property, real,

personal and mixed, and the same to sell, exchange

or otherwise dispose of, and in general to do, perform

and suffer, with reference to the hereinbefore men-

tioned purpose of their incorporation, all acts and

things which may be lawfully done, performed and

suffered by a natural person.

SEO. 2. And be it enacted, That this corporation,

or a majority of the members of the same present

at any properly authorized meeting of the corpora-
tion, shall have full power to make and adopt a sys-

Adopt con-

tem of rules and regulations under the denomina-

stitution and
by-laws.

tion of constitution and by-laws or otherwise, not

inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this

State, for the government and management of the

affairs of the said association, and the same to alter

and amend, abrogate and annul whenever they may

think proper ; and the present officers and board of

directors of the said association shall continue in their

respective stations until an election shall be held and

made under this act ; and the constitution, by-laws,

rules and all other enactments now in force in said

association, and not inconsistent with the laws of this

State, shall remain in force, be good and valid until

altered, amended or abrogated by the corporation.