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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and three laymen elected by the general conference

of the Methodist Protestant Church, and the said

board of governors, as such, shall constitute the said

corporation.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the board of gov-

ernors, so constituted, shall hold office for the period

Term of office.

of four years, or until their successors are elected as

hereinafter provided.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all the persons first

herein named shall be and act as the first board of

First board.

governors of said corporation until their successors

shall be elected as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the Maryland

annual conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

shall, at its session next succeeding the passage

of this act of incorporation, and every four years

thereafter elect three ministers and two laymen to fill

Board — how

the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term

elected.

of office of said board of governors as aforesaid; pro-

vided that at least three of those persons previously

elected members of said board of governors, from the

said Maryland annual conference, shall be among the

members so elected, and that the general conference

of the Methodist Protestant church shall, at its session

next succeeding the passage of this act of incorpora-

tion, and at each quadrennial session thereafter, elect

two ministers and three laymen to fill the vacancy

occasioned by the expiration of the term of office of

those members of said board of governors previously

elected by said general conference; and' the members

Succeed to

of said board of governors thus elected shall suc-

rights, &c.

ceed to all the rights, powers and privileges, and per-

form all the duties herein conferred and imposed upon

their immediate predecessor in office, and shall at the

expiration of their term of office surrender all their

rights, powers, privileges and prerogatives as said cor-

poration, as well as said board of governors, to their

successors; and any vacancy occurring in said board

Vacancy — how

of governors by death, resignation or otherwise, shall

filled.

be filled by said board until the ensuing meeting of

the said Maryland conference or the said general con-

ference, as the case may be. where an election shall be

held to fill such vacancy; but failure to elect mem-

bers of said board of governors shall not work a for-

feiture of this charter or the dissolution of the corpo-