LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1842

or congregation being twenty-one years of age, may and
shall meet at such place, as such be appointed by the corpo-
ration, some time during the mouth of October, eighteen
hundred and forty-three, and some time during each and
every succeeding October, whereof due notice shall be giv-
en by the president of the said corporation for the time be-
ing at the said church, and then and there, they or so many
as may attend, shall elect by ballot, not less than five, nor
more than thirteen members of the said church or congre-
gation, and in the event of a failure by the members of said
church as aforesaid, to elect the said committee as contem-
plated by this act, then, and in that case, the members last
elected, shall continue to be and constitute the said corpo-
ration, until they shall be superseded by the election of a
new committee.

CHAP. 81,

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in the case of the death
or resignation of any lay member of the said body corpo-
rate, the remaining members, or a majority of them, shall
have full power and authority at their next, or any subse-
quent meeting to elect another person in his place.

Members may
fill vacancies,

SEC. 4, And be it enacted. That at all meetings of the
said corporation, the minister for the time being, shall be
the president, and in case of the absence, removal or death
of the minister, the lay-members of the said corporation,
may appoint, one of their own members pro tempore, who
during such absence, or in the case of removal or death,
until the appointment of another minister, shall have all the
authority and privileges of a president.

Minister, to
be President.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all the lands and tene-
ments with their appurtenances now vested in trustees for
the use of the said church, and all other property of the
said church, shall be, and are hereby absolutely and uncon-
ditionally vested in the said body corporate and their suc-
cessors forever, and the said corporation with the consent
and approbation of two-thirds of the members thereof, shall
and they are hereby declared to be capable of bargaining
and selling, leasing and conveying any parts of the said pro-
perty, or any other property which may be acquired by the
said corporation, in as full and effectual a manner as any
person or body corporate may or can do

Property to
vest body cor-
porate.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the president shall no-
minate and appoint three persons to be the judges of each
and every election that shall or may be held for the electing
of lay-members of the said corporation, and that such no-
mination and appointment shall be made a reasonable time
before such election.

President to
appoint judg-
es.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That all acts or deeds of the
said corporation shall be signed by the president in behalf

Corporate seal