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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
same may occur from death, resignation or other
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causes; provided that said vacancies, when the same
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shall occur, shall be filled by the election of persons
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Vacancies-
how filled.
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who shall be members of the Presbyterian Church,
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and that the present officers of said association shall
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be the officers of the corporation hereby created
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until their successors shall be chosen in conformity
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with the by-laws of said corporation.
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said
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corporation hereby created shall have the power to
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receive subscriptions, donations, devises and bequests
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Receive sub-
scriptions.
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of money or real or personal property in trust or
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otherwise, and of purchasing or otherwise acquiring
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or holding such property to be applied by it to the
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objects of its incorporation.
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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act
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Effective.
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shall go into effect from and after the day of its
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passage.
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Approved May 3, 1882.
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Chapter 494.
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AN ACT to provide for the removal of the County
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Seat of Charles county from Port Tobacco to La
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Plata, in said county, if the qualified voters of
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said county shall so determine, and to provide for
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the erection of a Court-House and Jail at La Plata,
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and the procuring of a site or sites for the same, and
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authorizing the county commissioners of said
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county to borrow money and issue bonds for the
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payment of the same, for the purposes aforesaid ;
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to levy taxes for the payment of the principal and
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interest of said bonds; appointing an officer for
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the disbursement of the same and for other pur-
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poses.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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Question sub-
mit led to the
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bly of Maryland, That the question as to whether
the county seat of Charles county shall be removed
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voters.
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from Port Tobacco to La Plata, in said county, shall
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be submitted to the qualified voters of said county
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