1843.

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

chap. 233.

Repealed.

same are hereby confirmed and made valid, and all prosecu-
tions on the part of the State therefore, are hereby released.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the third section of the
act of assembly, passed March first, eighteen Hundred and
thirty-nine, chapter one Hundred and one, entitled an act
better to define and prescribe the powers and duties of the
levy court and trustees of the poor of Worcester county,
be and the same is hereby repealed.

CHAPTER. 231

Passed March
4, 1944.

An act for the incorporation of Aaron Lodge, number thirty-
three, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellow, in the
town of Williamsport.

Incorporated.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Henry Grosh, Jess Long, John J. Starret,
J. O. Hesletine, James Neal, John Hohan, Owen McLane
and others, be the officers and members of Aaron Lodge
number thirty-three, of the Order of Independent Odd
Fellows, attached to the Grand Lodge of Maryland, and
their successors, be and they are hereby incorporated and
made a body politic and corporate by the name and number
of Aaron Lodge, number thirty-three, of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of the State of Maryland, and by
that name may sue and be sued, and have a common seal,
and the same at their pleasure alter, and be entitled to use

May bold real
and personal
property, not
to be divided.

the powers and priviledges incident to such corporation.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation
shall be capable of taking and holding, real and personal
estate, not exceeding in value the sum of Four thousand dol-
lars, which estate shall never He divided among the mem-
bers of the corporation, but shall descend to their succes-
sors, for the benevolent relief of the sick and distressed,
the education of the orphans of its members, and for the
promotion of those purposes generally.

May alter and
amend their
by-laws.
Proviso.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this corporation shall
have power to alter and amend their by-laws at pleasure;
provided, they do not conflict with the laws of the State
of Maryland, the laws of the United Stales, or the laws of
the Grand Lodge.

To enure for
30 years.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this act of incorpora-
tion shall enure for thirty years from its passage, and that
the legislature reserves to itself the right to alter and annul
this act of incorporation at pleasure.