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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 377

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That all acts or deeds of the
said corporation, and sealed with its corporate seal, and all

All acts and
deeds shall
be signed
and sealed.

deeds by them for the conveyance of all lands or tenements
of the corporation, which by the law of the land ought to be
acknowledged and recorded, shall be signed and sealed as
aforesaid, and shall also be acknowledged in due form by
the president as such, in behalf of the corporation; but in
the absence or incapacity of the said president, the said
committee of the corporation may appointment some one of
its members to execute and acknowledge the said deed or
deeds on behalf of the said corporation, and all acts or
deeds of the said body corporate so authenicated shall be
valid and effectual in law.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall

May purchase
property.

be capable of purchasing hereafter real and personal
property.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all acts and deeds of the
committee of the Presbyterian church heretofore incorpo-

Valid and
effective.

rated which are not inconsistent with the laws or constitu-
tion of this State or the United States be and they hereby
made good and valid in law, and that all deeds or conveyances
given to the said committee, or to any person or persons in
trust for said church, for any interest or estate, in any lands
or tenements, or property of any kind, be and they are hereby
made valid and effectual in law to transfer the same interest
or estate is hereby vested in the committee hereinbefore
incorporated, and their successors forever, for the use of the
said Presbyterian church.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1906.