ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 269.

AN ACT to add a supplement to the act of eighteen

hundred and seventy, chapter four hundred and

seventy -two, relating to the charter of Denton, and

to provide for erection of lodge rooms and town

hall on the public grounds.

WHEREAS it is represented that the members of

Temple Lodge, number one hundred and twenty-

eight, A. F. and A. M., desire to rebuild the lodge

Preamble.

rooms now held and owned by them, and in connec-

tion therewith to erect a building that can be used as

a town hall and for other purposes : therefore —

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That Jonathan W. Kerr, Robert J.

Jump, Richard T. Carter, Thomas C. West and James

Swann, as trustees and managers, and their successors

to be appointed as hereinafter provided, shall forever

Trustees to
hold possession

hereafter hold, possess and enjoy all the public ground

or lands situated in the town of Denton, bounded by

Market, Second and Gay streets and a line drawn

with the county fence, on the east side of the court

house inclosure, from Gay to Market streets; in trust,

however, for the following purposes : That they shall
erect thereon a building, with a front of not exceeding

Erect building.

forty feet, and a depth not exceeding eighty feet, with

a room suitable for a town hall, lodge rooms, as well

as other rooms, and appropriately fix and furnish the

same; and may, for this purpose, receive and use sub-

scriptions and contributions in such amounts and from

such persons as they may determine; may make con-

Make contracts

tracts for the renting, use and occupation of said prop-

erty, and collect the rents, issues and profits arising

therefrom, and distribute and pay the same, (after

deducting reasonable expenses and charges on said

property,) in due equitable and just proportions to the

persons respectively who may have so subscribed and
paid, their legal representatives or assigns, in accord-

ance with their several contributions; shall hold the

Hold property.

said property for the use and benefit of such persons,

and do everything suitable for its protection, posses-

sion and security; and, if so directed by such sub-

scribers, may borrow money on mortgage or other-

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