1840.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 198.
Legal capacity.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said corporation and
their successors, by the name aforesaid, shall be able and
capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in
all our courts of justice, and before all or any judges, officers,
or persons whatsoever, in all singular actions, matters and
demands whatsoever, and that all legal processes that may
hereafter be instituted by the said corporation shall be in
, the name of the president and stewards of the Franklin Be-
neficial Total Abstinence Society of Fell's Point, and that
all processes that may be hereafter instituted against the
said society, shall be served cm the president on the be-
half of the same.

To use a seal.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be law-
ful for the said corporation and their successors hereafter
to have a common seal for their use, and the same at the
will and pleasure of them, and their successors, to change,
alter, break and make anew, from time to time, as they shall
think best

If dissolution
be deemed ne-
cessary.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That if at any time it may be
deemed necessary to dissolve this association, a proposi-
tion to that effect shall be laid on the table in writing, at a
stated meeting of the society, and may be discussed at their
next stated or special meeting, but shall not b6 finally deci-
ded on until it has been one full month before the society,
and shall not take effect, unless three-fourths of the mem-
bers residing within the city and precincts of Baltimore,
are in favor thereof.

Banking forbid.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall
be so construed as to authorise the said corporation to issue
any note, scrip, token, device, or other evidence of debt,
to be used as currency.

In force.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That this act of incorpora-
tion shall enure for thirty years; and that the Legislature
reserve itself the right to change or annul this act at plea-
sure.