LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1841.

uses of said society, provided nevertheless, that the said cor-
poration, shall not at any one time hold or possess property,
real, personal or mixed, exceeding in total value the sum of
five thousand dollars.

CHAP. 151.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the members of the said
corporation and their successors, in their corporate name,
may meet on the day by them to be named in the year one
thousand, eight hundred and forty-two, in the city of Balti-
more, in the month of March, and the same day annually
thereafter, then and thine elect the officers of the said so-
ciety, for such rules and regulations, and enact such by-laws
as be necessary for carrying into effect the benevolent pur-
poses of this act; provided, such rules, regulations and by-
laws be not repugnant to the constitution of the United
States, of the State of Maryland, and of the corporation of
the city of Baltimore.

Election of

officers.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That all appointments of offi-
cers for the said society heretofore made by the members
in their private capacities, shall respectively continue and
be in full force, until the time specified by this act, for the
first election of officers for the corporation.

Appoint-
ments made
valid.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted. That the said corporation
and their successors, by the name aforesaid, shall be, here-
after able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be de-
fended, in all or any courts of justice, and before all or any
judges, officers or persons, whatsoever, in all and singular
actions, matters and demands whatsoever, and all legal pro-
cess that may be instituted by the said corporation, shall be
in the name of the president and stewards of the William
Wirt Beneficial Society of Baltimore, and that all process
that may hereafter instituted against the said society, be
served on the president, on behalf of the same.

Legal powers

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 their
will and pleasure of them and their successors, to change, al-
ter, break and make anew, from time to time as they may
think best, and shall in general have and exercise all such
rights, franchise, privileges and immunities, as by law are
incident and necessary to corporations of this kind, and
•which may be necessary to the corporation herein and here-
by constituted and erected, to enable them duly and fully in
the law, to execute all things touching and concerning the
design and the interest of the said corporation, for the be-
nevolent succour, relief and good order of its members, and
the widows and orphans of deceased members of said so-
ciety, agreeable to the constitution, and such rules and by-
laws as may be established by the said society.

Corporate
powers.