ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 237
have the power of electing to membership in said corporation
any persons from among the adult male members of the said
Emmitsburg Presbyterian Church in Frederick County, Mary-
land, in full communion with said Church so long as there shall
be such, to fill the vacancy in the membership of said corpora-
tion created by the death, resignation or incapacity of the
former member of the corporation as aforesaid, said person so-
elected to remain a member of the said corporation for the
unexpired term of the said former member; and if at any time
the Emmitsburg Presbyterian Church in Frederick County,,
Maryland, shall cease to exist or there shall no longer be any
male members in full communion with the same, who shall
consent to serve as members of the said corporation, then the
members of the said corporation who shall be such at that time
when the said church ceases to exist or when there shall no
longer be any adult male members in full communion with the
said Church, who will consent to serve as members of the said
corporation, shall proceed to fill all vacancies in the membership
of the said corporation by election such male adults as they may
see fit, to be members of the said corporation, and in like manner
thenceforth the members of the said corporation shall continue
to fill all vacancies in the membership of said corporation, if the
said Emmitsburg Presbyterian Church in Frederick County,
Maryland, has ceased to exist and though it be still in existence,
so long as there shall be no adult male members in full com-
munion with the same, who shall consent to serve as members
of the said corporation, but if at any time while the said Church
is still in existence, there shall again be adult male members
in full communion with the same, who shall consent to serve as
members of the said corporation, then on and after the next
regular day set, as provided in Section 4 of this Act for the
annual election of the members of the said Corporation, the
members of the said corporation shall again be chosen from
among such adult male members of the Emmitsburg Presbyte-
rian Church, in Frederick County, Maryland, as hereinbefore
provided.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the officers of said Corpora-
tion shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary and a.
Treasurer, who shall annually be chosen by and from among
the members of the said corporation
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said Corporation shall
have powers to pass all by-laws, proper to carry out the powers
hereby granted, and for the purposes of said Cemetery, and for
the government of the same; but such by-laws shall not conflict
with law.
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