ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                1181

of Maryland of the year 1829, all relating to the Female Or-
phans Society of Annapolis.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1 of Chapter 449 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1927, be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Samuel Ridout, Dr. John Ridgely, Col. Henry May-
nadier, Dr. John Ridout and Thomas L. Alexander, and their
successors in office, shall be and they are hereby declared to
be a corporation and body politic by the name of the Trus-
tees of the Female Orphans Society of the City of Annapo-
lis, and by that name shall have perpetual succession and be
capable in law of receiving and holding in trust, and of using
and disposing of, as is hereinafter provided for, all kinds of
gifts, grants, conveyances, donations and devises of estate, real,
personal and mixed, property and effects, not exceeding in
amount fifty thousand dollars, and by the same name may sue
and be sued, and plead, answer and defend; may have and use
a common seal, and the same may alter and renew at pleasure,
and may exercise all the other powers authorized by this Act,
or by the General Incorporation Law of this State, in such man-
ner as they, or a majority of them may deem proper. And the
said Trustees, or a majority of those in office or serving as such,
as of the date of June 1, 1927, or any time thereafter, shall have
and are hereby given full power, authority and direction to ap-
ply the funds or assets now in their hands or that may here-
after come into their hands to such charitable, public purposes,
as in their judgment may put such funds and assets to the most
practical, public, beneficial use.

Section 2. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees of
the said body corporate shall meet annually on the first Monday
in May, or on such other day and at such place in the city of
Annapolis in each year as the rules or by-laws1 of the said body
corporate shall provide, and shall have power to fill all vacancies
that may occur in the said Board of Trustees by death, resigna-
tion or otherwise so as to perpetuate said body corporate and to
continue the succession of the said Trustees, and they shall
elect a President, Treasurer and Secretary at said annual meet-
ing and such other officers as they may deem necessary to pro-
vide for and regulate the conduct of the business of the said
body corporate.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 17, 1931.