1370 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Patapsco Circuit of West Baltimore District of the Methodist
Episcopal Conference," and by that name shall have perpetual
succession, and shall be in law capable of suing and being sued,
pleading and being impleaded, defending and being defended in
rail courts and places wheresoever, in all manner of actions,
suits, matters, complaints and causes, and may have and use
Si common seal and change and alter the same at pleasure, and
generally to do and perform any and all such acts as may be
lawful and proper to carry out the objects of said corporation.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the objects of said corpora-
tion shall be to establish, equip and maintain a parsonage and
equipment for the use of the pastor of the Patapsco Circuit of
West Baltimore District of the Methodist Episcopal Confer-
ence, and to take, hold and manage such property and rights as
may be necessary or proper to advance the interests of said
church in Patapsco Circuit, which circuit now consists of four
churches, to wit: Wesley Chapel, Oakland, Mount Pleasant
and Bethesda.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the affairs of said corpora-
tion shall be managed by a board of six trustees, including the
presiding elder of the said Baltimore District for the time being
who shall be the ex-officio president of said board, all of whom
shall be over twenty-one years of age and members of some
charge of said church within the bounds of the said Baltimore
District

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the succession of said cor-
poration shall be kept up and perpetuated as follows: At the
regular annual meeting of the District Conference of said
Baltimore District, composed of the preachers of said church
residing in said district and such laymen as may be elected or
ex officio members of the same under the provisions of the
discipline of the West Baltimore District of the Methodist
Episcopal Conference, the presiding elder of said district shall
nominate singly suitable persons, qualified as above, who shall
be voted upon separately by ballot and elected or rejected by
said District Conference, and said nomination and voting shall
continue until the full board of trustees shall be elected, but in
the event of a failure of any session of said District Conference
to so elect, the said corporation shall not thereby be dissolved,
but the trustees then in office shall hold office until their suc-
sessors are elected.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That a majority of said board
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; they
may elect an executive committee to perform such duties as
may be delegated to it; they shall annually elect from their
number a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, and may