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elect one person as secretary and treasurer, and may at any
time appoint such agents as may be necessary.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said District Conference
of the Baltimore District may make such by-laws not inconsist-
ent with the laws of this State or its charter as may be neces-
sary for the proper conduct of the affairs of said corporation.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That a copy of this charter and of
the by-laws adopted as above set out, together with the record
of all proceedings of the said board of trustees, shall be kept
in a suitable book, which book and records shall be annually
produced to the said District Conference for inspection and
control.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall be
capable of acquiring, purchasing and taking by gift, grant,
devise, bequest or otherwise, absolutely in fee simple, in trust
or in perpetuity, and of holding, improving, celling, leasing or
otherwise disposing of such real and personal property and
estate for the uses, objects and purposes of said corporation as
may be necessary or proper to carry out the objects of said
corporation, and to sell, transfer, assign and dispose of any
and all such property and securities so received by it as may
in the judgment of said trustees best serve the interests and
accomplish the objects of said corporation.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the real and personal prop-
erty so authorized to be held and held by said corporation shall
be exempt from all State, county and municipal taxes so long
as the same shall be held and used for the purposes aforesaid;
provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be con-
strued as conflicting with the laws of Maryland.

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

Approved April 11, 1910.

CHAPTER 633.

AN ACT to incorporate the Washington and Tidewater Rail-
road Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That George Blackston, A. M. Bowling, F. T. Homer,
James Rowland Duke and W. Bernard Duke, all of the State
of Maryland, and their associates and successors in office, are
hereby created a body corporate under the name of the "Wash-
ington and Tidewater Railroad Company," and the said incor-
porators are hereby constituted and appointed the directors of
said company, and they shall have power at any time after the