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ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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the clerk of the circuit court for Baltimore county,
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been duly incorporated under the name of Grace
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Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Reisterstown,
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in Baltimore county, and have acquired for the pur-
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poses of the corporation property under the said name ;
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SECTION 1. Therefore, be it enacted by the General
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Assembly of Maryland, That the two corporations
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so formed be and the same are hereby united and con-
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solidated under the name of Grace Methodist Episco-
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pal Church South, of Reisterstown,' in Baltimore
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county, and that the church property in or near the
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United and con-
solidated.
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village of Reisterstown, now used by the corporation,
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and the lands appurtenant thereto, including forty
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square perches, more or less, and all other property,
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real and personal, now held by either of said corpo-
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rations heretofore so formed, or in trust for or on
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behalf of or to the use of the same, or the members
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thereof, be and the same is hereby vested in the said
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consolidated corporation.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted as aforesaid,
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That the trustees of the said consolidated corporation.
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to act in its name and behalf, and to manage its estate,
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property and inheritance, shall be the trustees desig-
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Who to be trus-
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nated in the certificate of incorporation of said corpora-
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tees.
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tion known prior hereto as Grace Methodist Episcopal
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Church South, of Reisterstown, in Baltimore county,
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and the powers of said consolidated corporation shall
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be the same as those of said corporation known prior
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hereto as Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South,
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of Reisterstown, in Baltimore county; and the time
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and manner of electing trustees of the said consoli-
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Trustees? how
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dated corporation, and the rights and duties of said
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elected.
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trustees, and the manner in which their successors
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shall be perpetuated, and the qualifications of the
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persons severally electing and elected, and the times
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and places of the meeting of members, shall be the
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same as provided for the said corporation known prior
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hereto as Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South,
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of Reisterstown, in Baltimore county.
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted as aforesaid,
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That the said trustees shall be capable in law to pur-
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chase, take and hold, to them and their successors, in
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fee, or for a less estate, an amount of property not
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Powers of trus-
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exceeding the amount that religious corporations in-
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tees.
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corporated under the general laws of this state may
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now so purchase, take and hold, and to use or lease,
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