1841.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 154.

To deliver
over property

and Geologist of the State, be and the same are hereby

abolished and discontinued.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Topographi-

cal Engineer and Geologist aforesaid, be and they are here-

by authorized and required to deliver to the Visitors and
Governors of Saint John's -College, subject to any future

disposition there of by the State, all mathematical instru-
ments, books and all and every description of property
whatsoever which may have been purchased, from time to

time, out of the contingent fund appropriated to facilitate

and expedite the completion of the said map and geological

survey, in prosecution of their several duties as Topo-

graphical Engineer and Geologist aforesaid.

CHAPTER 154.

Passed Feb
28, 1842.

An act to incorporate the Franklin Total Abstinence Bene-
ficial Society of the Town of Easton.

Individual
incorporated

Name and
style.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Henry E. Bateman, Joseph Graham, Wil-
liam H. Hopkins, Perry W. Stewart, Thomas C. Nichols
and N. G. Singleton and their successors, and such members
as they may admit, be and they are hereby declared to be a
community, corporation and body politic, by the name and
'style of the Franklin Total Abstinence Beneficial Society of
the town of Easton, and by that name they and their suc-
cessors, shall and may be capable in law to have, receive
and retain, to them and their successors, property, real, per-
sonal and mixed, also devises, bequests and donations, of
any person or persons, bodies corporate and politic, capable
in law of making the same, and the same at their pleasure
to transfer and dispose of, in such manner as they may think
proper.

May hold
real property,
etc.

Common seal

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation
shall not at any time hold property, real, personal or mixed,
exceeding in total value the sum of five thousand dollars,
and the said corporation by the name and title aforesaid,
shall be capable in law to sue and he sued, plead and be im-
pleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be de-
fended, in all or any courts of justice, and before all and
any judges, officers or persons whatsoever, in all or singular
actions, demands or matters whatsoever.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said corporation
shall have power to make and use a common seal, and the
same to break, alter and renew at pleasure; and also to as-