JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

1834

personal, and mixed, shall not exceed the sum of twenty
thousand dollars

CHAP 101.

Sec 3 And be it enacted, That from and after the pas-
sage of this act, the officers of the Mechanic Institute and
Frederick Lyceum, shall consist of a President, two Vice
Presidents, two Secretaries, a Treasurer, and nine Directors,
who shall be elected by ballot, on the second Monday in
October next, and annually thereafter, a majority of the
members present at the meeting, being necessary to consti-
tute a choice, the association shall also have power to ap
point such other officers as they may deem necessary and
expedient) and in such manner as they may think proper.

Officers -elections

Sec 4 And be it enacted, That until there shall be,
under this act, an election of officers necessary to the uses
of this institution, those now acting, or who may be here-
after appointed to act, under any existing regulation of the
association, shall continue so to do, according to the pro
visions of the association heretofore made, and such regula-
tions shall, till lawfully altered, be deemed as valid and
obligatory, as if made since the passage of this act.

Present officers

Sec. 5 And be it enacted, That no member of the insti-
tution shall, in his individual capacity, be answerable for
any losses, deficiencies, or failures of the joint fund or debt
of the said society, nor for any more or larger sum or sums
of money whatever, than the current amount by him payable
into the common fund of the society

Responsibilities

CHAPTER 101

An act for the building of a Bridge over the Great Falls of
Gunpowder, at Monkton Mills, in Baltimore County

Passed Feb. 14 1835

SECTION 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That Thomas Pearce, Joshua Hutchins, Ely Mat-
thews, jr Edward Gorsuch, and Philip Pearce, of Balti-
more county, be, and they are hereby appointed commis-

Commissioners au-

thorised

sioners to contract for, and superintend the building of a
good and substantial Budge over the Great Falls of Gun
powder, at Monkton Mills in Baltimore county, the bridge
to be weather boarded and covered with shingles, and in
15

Construction di-

rected