1836.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 274.

gain, sale, devise or other act of any person or per-
sons, body politic or corporate whatsoever, to take and
receive any sum or sums of money, goods or chattels
that shall be given, sold or bequeathed to them in any
manner whatsoever; to occupy, use and enjoy, or sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of, according to the by-
laws and ordinances regulating the same, now or here-
after to be prescribed, all such lands, tenements or
hereditaments, money, goods or chattels, as they shall
determine to be most conducive to the colonizing with
their own consent in Africa, of the free people of color
residing in the United States, and for no other uses or

Elect officers

purposes whatsoever; and as soon after the passage of
this act as may be convenient, to elect such officers as

Bylaws

they or a majority of them present may deem proper;
and to make and ordain such constitution, by-laws,
ordinances and regulations as may be necessary for the
organization of the said society, and to repeal, alter or
amend the same; to prescribe the times of meeting, the
qualifications and terms of membership, and to do all
such other acts and deeds as they shall deem necessary

Proviso

for regulating and managing the concerns of the said
body corporate; provided however, that the constitution
and laws of this State and of the United States, and
this act of Assembly, be not violated thereby.

Property vested

SEC. 2. And be it enabled, That for the object afore-
said, all property, real, personal and mixed, whether
in action or possession, and all rights, credits and de-
mands, owned, held or claimed before this act by the
said society, and all such property, rights, credits and
demands as, were it not for this act, might hereafter be
owned, held or claimed by the said society, shall vest
and are hereby declared to vest in the said body cor-

Liabilities

porate and its successors, as fully and effectually as
they have or could have vested in the said society: and
also that the said body corporate and its successors are
hereby declared to be as completely and effectually
liable and responsible for all debts, demands and claims
due now or which would thereafter be due by the said
society, if this act of incorporation had not been grant-
ed as the said society is now or would hereafter be so
liable and responsible for.

Estate limited

SEC. S. And be it enacted, That the said body cor-
porate and its successors, shall forever be incapable o