WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1839.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all appointments of
officers for the said society heretofore made by the mem-
bers in their private capacities, shall respectively continue
and be in full force until the time for the first election of
officers for the said corporation.

CHAP. 274.

Officers conti-
nued in office
until election.

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, defend
and be defended, in all or any courts of justice, and be-
fore all or any judges, officers or persons whatsoever, in
all and singular actions, matters and demands whatso-
ever; and all legal process that may be instituted by the
said corporation, shall be in the name of the President and
Stewards of the Wesley Beneficial Society of Baltimore,
and that all process that may be hereafter instituted
against the said society, shall be served on the president,
on behalf of the same.

Legal capacity.

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 the will and pleasure of them and their suc-
cessors, to change, alter, break and make new from time
to time, as they may think best; and shall in general have and
exercise all such rights, franchises, privileges and immu-
nities as by law are incident and necessary to corporations
of this kind, and which may be necessary to the corpora-
tion herein and hereby constituted and erected, to enable
them duly and fully in the law to execute all things touch-
ing and concerning the design and intent of the said cor-
poration for the benevolent succour, relief and good order
of its members, and the widows and orphans of deceased
members of the said society, agreeably to the constitution
and such by-laws as may be established by the said so-
ciety.

To have a seal.

Rights to be ex-
ercised, &c.

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

Liability, &c.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That if at any time it may ]
be thought necessary to dissolve 1he society, a proposi-
tion to that effect shall be laid on the table, in writing, at
a stated meeting of the society, and may be discussed at
the next staled meeting, but shall not be finally decided

If dissolution

be necessary.