JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1834.

CHAPTER 170

CHAP 170

An act to Incorporate the Antietam Fire Company in Hagers-
town, Washington County

Passed Mar. 9, 1835

Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma
ryland, That William D Bell, William Holliday, Daniel
Carver, Roberdeau Annan, William Johnson, John W
Kennedy, Jacob Swope, Jacob Bachelder, William Weber,
Alexander Armstrong Peter Swartzwelder, Victor Thomp-
son, William S Brown, and such other persons as now are,
or hereafter may become members of the Antietam Fire
Company, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, one
community, corporation, and body politic, forever hereafter,
by the name and style of The Antietam Fire Company, the
object of which Company is hereby declared to be the pro-
tection of the property of the citizens of Hagerstown from
destruction by fire, for which purpose they are hereby made

Corporation crea-

ted

able and capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess
enjoy, and retain to them and their successors, lands, tene-
ments, rents, annuities, or other hereditaments, and the same
to grant, demise, alien, or dispose of, in such manner, as
they may judge most conducive to the interests of the Com-
pany, Provided, nevertheless, that the corporation, or body
politic, shall not at any time hold or possess property, real,
personal, or mixed, exceeding in value the sum of ten thou-
sand dollars

Powers confirmed

Sec 2 And be it enacted, That the said Company and
their successors, by the aforesaid name, shall forever there-
after be able and capable, in law, to sue and be sued, plead,
and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be
defended, in all or any court of justice whatever, and also
to have, make, and use a common seal, and the same to
break, alter, and renew at pleasure, and to assemble and
meet at such places and times as they may agree upon, and
to ordain, establish, and put in execution, such by laws,
ordinances, and regulations, as to them shall seem conducive
to the interest of the said Company, and necessary to the
good government and orderly management thereof, the same
not being contrary to the laws of this State or of the United
States, and generally to do and execute all such acts, mat-
ters, and things, as to them shall or may appertain to do

Legal capacity, &c.

Sec 3 And be it enacted, That all fines which shall, of
may accrue to the said Company in consequence of delin-
quencies or mal conduct of any member or members, shall

Fines