1838.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 240

$4, 000 yearly value.

the whole the clear yearly value of four thousand dol-
lars, and the same messuages, lands and tenements,
and other estate, real and personal, to farm, let and
put out on interest, for the use of the said academy,
in such manner as to them, or a majority of them,
shall seem most beneficial to the institution, and to re-
ceive the rents, issues, profits, income and interest of
the same, and to apply the emoluments thereof to the,
proper use and advancement of the said academy..

Case of vacancy.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That at all times forever
hereafter, when any vacancy or vacancies shall hap-
pen in the said board of trustees, by death, resignation,
or refusal to act, of any one or more of the members
thereof, or by the wilful neglect of any one or more to
attend the meetings of the board of trustees for the
space of one year, the remaining trustees, or a majori-
ty of them, shall with all convenient speed proceed to
elect other discreet and proper person or persons of
the said county, to be. the trustee or trustees to supply
such vacancy or vacancies, and in like manner shall
future vacancies be supplied by the said trustees and
their successors, or a majority of them, so as to per-
petuate the number of seven persons, as trustees of the
said academy forever.

Legal capacities.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said trustees and
their successors, by the name and style aforesaid, shall
be capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be im-
pleaded in any court or courts, and before any judge,
justice, or justices, within this State, in all manner of

suits, complaints or demands of whatever kind, nature

or form they may be, and every other matter therein,
in as full and effectual a manner as any person or per-
sons, bodies politic or corporate, within this State in
like cases, may or can do or perform, and the said
trustees and their successors, or a majority of them,
shall have full power and authority to have, make and

Seal.

use one common seal with devices and inscriptions as
they shall think proper, and to pass and authenticate
the certificates, acts and orders of the said corporation,
and the same seal at their pleasure to break, alter andv
renew.

May appoint pro-

fessors.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the said trustees and
their successors, or a majority of them, from time to
time, and at all times hereafter, shall have full power