FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1841.

and the same at their will and pleasure to change, alter or
make anew, from time to time, as they may think best, and
shall in general have and exercise all such rights, privileges
and immunities as by law are incident or necessary to cor-
porations of this character, and to enable the members of said
order to exercise all things concerning the design of this
corporation, which is hereby declared to be the benevolent
relief of the sick and distressed.

CHAP. 150.

Sec. 4. And he it enacted, That it shall and may be law-
ful at any time for the General Assembly to demand a state-
ment of the amount of properly, real and personal, belonging
to the said corporation, and of the debts due to and from the
said corporation, and the purposes for which disbursements
shall have been made, and shall always have general ac-
counts in the books of the corporation, as shall relate to such

May demand
statement.

statements.
Sec. 5. 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 debt to be
used as currency.

Banking for-
bid

Sec. 6. 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.

Rights reser-
ved

CHAPTER 150.

An act to incorporate the Monumental Lyceum of Baltimore.

Passed Feb
28, 1342.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That William F. Giles, Joseph C. Nimmo,
William S. Brunner, William Gekler, A. T. Lewis, William
Cox, A. S. Dungan, Hugh Sisson, C. A. Hinckley, S. T.
Simmons, William G. Paul, Levi Tishmeyer, William Mc-
Williams, William Johnson and William H. Kimberley,
their associates, successors, and assigns, be and they are
hereby created and declared to be one community, corpora-
tion and body politic, by the name, style and title, of the
Monumental Lyceum of Baltimore, and by that name shall
have succession, and shall be able and capable at law, and
in equity, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, an-
swer and be answered, in any court of law or equity, to
make and use a common seal, with such device or inscrip-
tion as they shall think proper, and the same to alter and
change at pleasure, and to ordain and establish such rules,
by-laws and regulations, not contrary to the laws of the

Incorporated.