LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1842

tion and body politic, shall have succession in deed and in
law, to all intents and purposes, connected with said insti-
tution, by the name and style of The Trustees of the New
Middleburgh School, by which name and style they and
their successors shall be competent and capable in law and
in equity, to take and to hold, to themselves and their suc-
cessors, for the use of the said school, any estate in mes-
suages, lands and tenements, annuities, goods, chattels, mo-
nies or effects, by the gift, grant or bargain, sale, convey-
ance, devise or bequest, of any person or persons whatso-

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ever; provided, the same in their yearly value shall not ex-
ceed the sum of two thousand dollars, and the same to farm
or let out, or in any manner use, and if they were the pro-
perty of a natural person, in such manner as a majority of
them shall determine, and do such other acts not inconsist-
ent with law, or the premises or property appertaining to a
body politic; and whereas it is represented and appears to
this general assembly that a grant of land has heretofore
been made to the said John Roons, Walter J. Odall and
Daniel Shunk, by a certain Thomas Hook, for the use of a
school, which said grant it is desired, shall enure to the
benefit of the said George Crabbs, John Roons and others,
in their capacity as a body corporate.

Proviso.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the said grant shall
enure to their benefit as a body corporate, as fully as if the
same had been made and executed to them in this capacity;
and whereas it is represented to this general assembly, that
some person has obtained the possession of a house built
upon the land as aforesaid granted by the said Thomas
Hook, and holds the same contrary to the wishes of the

Grant to enure
to their bene-
fit.

said trustees.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That upon application by a
majority of said trustees hereby incorporated to the sheriff
of Carroll county, it shall be his duty to summons a jury of
twelve men from the neighborhood, who shall meet on
some day not less than ten or more than twenty days distant
from the time of their being summoned to enquire into the
facts, and upon their finding that such person holds pos-
session of the said house, and that the said house was
erected as a school-house by the trustees and others aiding
them, the said sheriff is hereby authorized, after giving him
three months notice to quit, to remove him from the pos-
session thereof, and place the said trustees in t he possession
thereof.

On applicati-
on sheriff to
summon jury.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That at all times hereafter,
when any vacancy or vacancies shall occur in the said board
of trustees, a majority of those sending children to said
school at the time, may assemble at some early, convenient
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Vacancy oc-
curring may
be filled by the
parents.