JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1834.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That appointments of officers
for the said society, heretofore made by the members there-
of in their private capacities, shall respectively continue,
and be in full force, until the time specified by this act for
the election of officers for the said corporation.

CHAP. 25.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the said corporation,
and their successors by the name aforesaid, shall be forev-
er hereafter, able and capable, in law to sue, and be sued,
plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, de-
fend and be defended, in all or any of the courts of justice;
and before all, or any of the judges, officers or persons
whatsoever, in all and singular actions, matters and demands
whatsover, and that all legal process that may be hereafter
instituted by the said corporation, shall be in the name of
the President and Stewards of the Howard Beneficial So-
ciety of Maryland; and that all process that may be hereaf-
ter instituted against said society, shall be served on the
President, Vice President or Treasurer, on behalf of the
same.

Legal capacities

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be law-
ful for the said corporation, to have a common seal for their
use, and the same at their will and pleasure to alter, break,
and make anew.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That if at any time, it may:
be thought necessary to dissolve this society, a proposition
to that effect shall be laid on the table in writing, at a stat-
ed meeting of the society, and may be discussed at the
next stated or special meeting, but shall not be finally deci-
ded on, until it has been two full months before the society,
and shall not take effect, until three fourths of the members
residing in the city of Baltimore are In favor thereof, Pro-
vided nevertheless, that no such dissolution shall operate to
impair or invalidate any contract before that time made, or
to effect any suit then instituted, or to be instituted by or
against such corporation.

Mode of dissolving

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall
be so construed as to authorise said corporation to issue, or
put in circulation any negotiable note or notes, or notes
payable to bearer, or notes in the nature of a Bank note.

Banking prohibited

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That this act shall be
and remain in force until the year eighteen hundred and
sixty, and to the end of the next General Assembly that shall
happen thereafter; or until the society is dissolved by its own
act; or its charter revoked by the Legislature of Maryland,
which right of revocation, is hereby reserved to the said Le-
gislature.