FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1841.

cy shall be filled up in the mode prescribed by the rules
and discipline of the church; provided always, that the per-
son or persons so filling up any vacancy, shall at the time
of being so elected a trustee, be a member in full communi-
on with the church, and above the age of twenty-one years.

chap. 140.
Proviso.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That all lands and tenements,
with the appurtenances now vested in trustees, or which
have heretofore been vested in trustees, for the use and
benefit, and in trust for the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Leitersburg, shall be invested in the said body corporate
and their successors, and the said body corporate are here-
by authorized to bargain, sell, lease, and convey, any part
of the said property, or any other property which may
hereafter be acquired by the said corporation, in as full and
effectual a manner as any person or body corporate
might do.

Corporate
powers.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said corporation
shall and are hereby authorized to hold by gift, devise, be-
quest, or purchase any real, personal, or mixed property,
provided, the same does not exceed in value the sum of ten
thousand dollars.

To hold pro-
perty.

Proviso

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That at all meetings of the
trustees there shall be one of said trustees elected by a
majority of the members present, as their presiding officer.

Trustees to
elect.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That all deeds for the con-
veyance of the real estate shall be signed by the trustees,
or a majority of them, with the corporate seal thereto at-
tached, and in case there shall be no common seal, the deed
shall be signed and sealed by the trustees or a majority of
them, and acknowledged by them in due Form of law, the
said deed to be executed and acknowledged in and by the

All deeds to
be signed by
trustees.

name, style, and title of the corporation.
Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act be
construed so as to authorize the said corporation to issue
any note, token, device, scrip, or other evidence of deb to

Banking for-
bid.

be used as currency.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That this act of incorpora-
tion shall inure for thirty years from its passage, and that
the legislature reserves to itself the right to alter or annul
this act of incorporation at pleasure.
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