JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1832.

recitation and examination of the said seminary, and the
students and scholars therein, as shall best promote the
important objects of the Institution; Provided always, that
the said ordinances be not repugnant to the constitution
and laws of this State.

CHAP. 127
Proviso.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, or a
majority of them, shall meet at least twice in every year,
in stated semi-annual meetings, to be appointed by their
own ordinances, and at such other times as by their said
ordinances, or by their own adjournments, they may direct,
and when so assembled, they shall have power, from time
to time, to appoint a President, Treasurer and Secretary, to
make contracts with the professors or teachers, relative to
the instruction of the scholars, to be placed under their
care; and for the payment of their salaries; to examine the
progress of the students and scholars in their, learning; to
hear and determine on all complaints and appeals, and up-
on all matters touching the discipline and government of
the said Academy, and the execution of their ordinances,
and generally to manage the estate and concerns of the
said seminary in such manner as they shall deem best for
the advancement and advantage of the Institution.

Semi-Annual

meetings

CHAPTER 127.

An act for the relief of LucindaRodgers, of Allegany county.

Passed Mar. 5, 1833

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Lucinda Rodgers, of Allegany county, be,
and she is hereby divorced from bed, board and mutual
cohabitation with her husband, Arthur M. Rodgers.

Divorcee granted.

Sec.2. And be it enacted, That said Arthur M.Rodgers shall
not,by virtue of his marriage with the said Lucinda Rodgers,
be authorized to have or claim any right or interest in the
estate, real, personal or mixed, of the said Lucinda Rodgers,
whether acquired in any manner whatever, after the passage
of this act; nor shall Lucinda Rodgers be authorized to
have or claim any right or interest in the estate, real, per-
sonal or mixed, of the said Arthur M. Rodgers, whether
acquired in any manner whatever, before or after the pas-
sage of this act.

Claims annulled.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Lucinda Rodg-
ers shall have and exercise all the rights, privileges and
immunities, and be subject to all the legal responsibilities

Feme Sole