1839.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 174.

Proviso.

ground in Hagerstown, which was sold by William Hause
for and on behalf of the heirs of Christiana Woorster to
Elizabeth Lawrence; provided, said court shall be satis-
fied that such sale was fairly made and was advantageous
to the said heirs at law.

May order an-
swers of infants
to be taken, &c.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said court may order
the answers of infants to be taken to such petitions as
similar answers are now taken to bills in chancery, and
may order affidavits to be taken of the fairness of the
sale, and to prove that such sale was advantageous to the

Sale to be con-

firmed.

said heirs at law; and upon being satisfied that the said
sale was fairly made, and thai such sale was advantageous
for all parties concerned, the said court shall decree a
confirmation of such sale and a conveyance of said lot,
and appoint a trustee to make a conveyance thereof; and
such decree and conveyance shall pass in fee simple to the
said Elizabeth, all the estate and interest of all the per-
sons who may le parties to such decree; and said court
shall dispose of the proceeds of such sale in the same
manner as if the rule had been made under a decree of
said court.

CHAPTER 174.

Passed Feb.27,
1840.

An act to incorporate the Independent Hose Company of
Frederick.

Individuals in-
corporated.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Edward Shriver, Robert Johnston, George
Markell, A. B. Hanson, William C. Russell, David B.
Devitt, Samuel Carmac, George Hoskins, Thomas C.
Prince, Charles Shriver, David J. Markey, and others,
who are or raay hereafter become members thereof, be and
they are hereby declared to be one community, corpora-
tion and body politic forever hereafter, by the name and

Name and style.
Its object.

style of the Independent Hose company; the object of
which company is hereby declared to be, the protection of
the property of the citizens of Frederick from destruction
by fire, for which purpose they are hereby made able and

Corporate pow-
ers.

capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, en-
joy and retain to them and their successors, lands, tene-
ments, rents and annuities, or other heredetamenls, and the
same to grant, demise, alien or dispose of in such manner
as they may judge most conducive to the interest of the