1843.

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP 58.
Officers.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the officers of said
society shall consist of a president, vice president, secre-
tary and treasurer, to be elected on the first Monday in
April annually, a majority of the members present being
necessary to a choice; the society shall also have power to
appoint such other officers as they may deem expedient,
and in such manner as they may think proper.

Society may
pass by-laws,

&c.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said society shall
have power to pass by-laws, to fix the amount in money
which each person shall pay on being admitted a member
of the said society, to fix the amount of weekly, monthly,
quarterly or yearly contributions, which each member of
the society shall pay, and the fines which members shall
pay for the breaches of the laws of the society, to regulate
the distribution of the finds of the society; to make rules
and regulations for the admission of members, and for the
expulsion of members whose misconduct may have rendered
them unworthy to remain members of the society, and to
make such other rules and by-laws as shall be expedient
and necessary to accomplish the object of the society, and

Proviso.

are not repugnant to the laws of Maryland. Provided
always that all alterations or amendments to the constitution
or by-laws of said society to be valid, must be adopted by
two thirds of the members of the said society present at a
stated meeting; said alterations or amendments to be sub-
mitted by consent of a majority of the members present, at
least one month previous to the stated meeting at which
they are acted upon, and each member present to be notified
of said meeting and its object, and that any one who may
feel himself aggrieved by any by-laws of said society or is
unwilling to submit to any by-laws, rule or regulation of the
society, may at any time withdraw from the said society
and cease to be a member, on relinquishing all claim to any
property which may have been acquired, all funds which
may have accumulated in the treasury and also to the con-
tributions which he may have paid to the said society.

Until new
election, pre-
sent officers to
act.

Sec 4. And be it enacted, That until there shall be
agreeably to the second section of this act an election of
officers necessary to the use of the said society, those who
are now acting as officers, or those who may hereafter be
appointed to act under any existing regulation of the said
society heretofore made, such regulation shall be deemed
as valid and obligatory as if made since the passage of this
act.

In force until
1878.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall be and
remain in force until the first day of January, eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-three, and until the end of the next session
of the General Assembly of Maryland, which shall happen
thereafter.