1843

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 319

Members and
successors to
elect officers.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the members of
the said corporation and their successors, may meet to-
gether at such time and place as the said society may
deem proper, and then and there elect the officers of the
said society, and form such rules and regulations, and
enact such by-laws as may be necessary fot assuring and
carrying into effect the benevolent purposes of this act;

Proviso

provided, such rules, regulations and by laws be not re-
pugnant to the constitution and laws of the United
ted Stales, of the State of Maryland, or of the corpora-

Appointments
of officers to
continue until
first election.

tion of the city of Baltimore.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That all appointments
of officers for the said society, heretofore made by the
members thereof, in iheir private capacities, shall respec-
ively continue and be in full force until the time for the

Corporate
rights.

first election of officers for the said corporation.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said corporation
and their successors, by the name aforesaid, shall be for-
ever hereafter able and capable in law to sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto,
defend and be defended, in all or any courts of justice,
and before all and any judges, officers or persons what-
soever, in all and singular actions, mattets and demands
whatsoever, and that all legal process that may be here-
after instituted by the said corporation, shall be in the
name of the president and stewards of the Washington
Beneficial Society of Baltimore, and that all process that
may be hereafter instituted against the said society, shall
be served on the president in the behalf of the same.

Common seal.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be
lawful for the said corporation and their successors, for-
ever hereafter, to have a common seal for their use, and
the same at their will and pleasure, to change, alter and
break, and make anew, from time to time, as they shall
think best, and shall in general, have and exercise all
such rights, franchises, privileges, and immunities, as by
law, are necessary to the corporation herein and hereby
constituted and erected, to enable them duly and fully, in
the law, to execute all things touching and concerning the
design and intent of their said corporation, for the bene-
volent succor, relief and good order of its members, and
the widows and orphans of deceased members of said
society, agreeable to the constitution and such rules
and by-laws as may be established by the said society.

Members not
answerable for
losses, &c.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That no member of the
said society shall, in his individual capacity, be answera-
ble for any losses, deficiencies or failures of the joint
funds of the said society, for any more or larger sum or
sums of money whatsoever, than the current amount by
him payable into the common fund of the society.