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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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uses, to the end that they shall be exclusively dedicated to
spiritual and churchly uses in strict accordance with the spirit
and letter of said article 1 of said certificate of incorporation
and of section 1 of the by-laws of the corporation as now in
force.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That it shall be lawful

Lawful to
provide,
maintain,
conduct and
administer
reading
rooms, etc.

for said corporation, and it is hereby authorized and empow-
ered to provide, maintain, conduct and administer reading
rooms, lyceums, libraries, lectures and courses of lectures and
instruction in moral, scientific, religious, literary and like
subjects, hospitals, infant asylums and shelters for the unfor-
tunate and like charities, and to acquire and hold real estate
and buildings, or erect and provide buildings, suitable appur-
tenances, furnishings and equipment for the purposes set forth
in this section, and at any time when any public halls, assembly
rooms, or other parts of, and such buildings, or any part of
the grounds connected therewith are not in actual use for such
purposes, the trustees of said corporation may use them or
permit them to be used, or rent them for religions services,
public entertainments or any other proper purposes.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That said corporation shall
have for every purpose all the powers enumerated in section
206 of article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws, and

Certain
powers given

no conveyance, gift, devise or bequest to said corporation shall
be held vague, indefinite or void because it may contain or
declare a trust or give direction as to the purpose or object
for which it shall be used or the manner in which it shall he
used, or a condition upon which it may be taken or held ;
provided, the trust declared, the direction given or the con-
dition provided shall be for, within or consistent with any of
the purposes or objects of said corporation as set forth in its
certificate of incorporation or in this Act ; nor shall any such
conveyance, gift, devise or bequest be held to create a
perpetuity, but every such declaration of trust, direction or
condition shall be construed and constitute a valid designation
and appointment of the particular part, arm, branch or work
of said corporation to which the property or money so given,
devised or bequeated, or the income or interest thereof, shall
be applied or for which it shall be used, or of the condition
upon which it may be taken or held, and such property or
money shall vest in said corporation, and shall be applied and
used by the trustees thereof for the purpose, in the manner or
pursuant to and consistently with the condition so designated
and appointed by the grantor, donor or testator.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 20, 1902.