1842

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 152.

Proviso.

ed; and provided also, that not less than five of the patrons
of said school or schools, or a majority of the board of
trustees when trustees have been appointed, shall certify to
the managers of said districts that the teacher in charge
has been faithful and diligent in the discharge of his du-
ties.

Managers to
regulate and
prescribe at-
tendance of
teachers and
scholars.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the managers that may
be appointed under the provisions of the act to which this
is a supplement, be and they are hereby authorized to pre-
scribe any mode which they in their judgment may deem
best to insure the more regular attendance of the indigent
scholars in their respective districts and a strict accounta-
bility of teachers.

CHAPTER 152.

Passed Feb.
28, 1843.

An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Baptist Meeting
House, known by the name of Sater's Meeting-House in
Baltimore County.

Incorporated.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That Edward Rider, Sater T. Walker, George F.
Adams, Frederick Harrison, William Crane, Thomas Po-
teet, Edward Green, Richard Pearce, Edward Norward,
Lewis R. Cole and Edward Burnham, joint trustees of the
congregation and their successors are hereby declared to be
a community and a body corporate, by the name, style and
title of the trustees of the Baptist Meeting-house, known
by the name of Sater's Meeting-house in Baltimore county.

Corporate
powers.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the present trustees
and their successors by the style and title aforesaid, shall
and may have succession, and may be at all times hereafter
persons able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be
defended, in all or any courts of justice, and before all or
any judges, officers or persons whatsoever, in all and sin-
gular actions, matters and demands whatsoever, and that all
process that may hereafter be instituted against the said
corporation may be served on either of the trustees afore-
said.

May hold real
and personal
property.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the present trustees
and their successors shall by their corporate name be per-
sons able and capable in law to purchase, take, have and
may enjoy to them and their successors in fee or less estate
or estates, any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, chattels,