1839.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 282.

those of them, and all other persons who now are, or here-
after shall become subscribers to Potatoe Neck academy, in
Somerset county, and their successors, be and they are here-
by constituted and declared to be a body corporate and po-

Name and style.

Legal capacity.

litic, by the name, style and title of Potatoe Neck Academy,
and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall
be able to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in any
court of law or equity in this State, or elsewhere, or before
a justice of the peace, and to make and have a common
seal, and the same to break, or renew at their pleasure;
and also to ordain and establish such by-laws and ordi-
nances not inconsistent with the laws or constitution of
this State, or of the United States, as to them shall appear

demy, and for promoting literature, science and the liberal
arts, so called therein; and for connecting therewith a sys-
tem of manual labor and theoretical and practical instruc-
tion in horticulture, agriculture and the mechanic arts.

Corporate pow-

ers.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid subscri-
bers, and their successors, by the same name, style and ti-
tle, shall be able and capable in law to purchase and re-
ceive, and to have, hold, and enjoy, to and for them, and

lands, tenements, rents, annuities, pensions or other here-
ditaments within this Slate, by gift, grant, bargain or sale,

alienation, enfeofment, release or confirmation of any per-

son or persons, bodies corporate or politic, capable in law
to make the same; and such lands, tenements, rents, an-
nuities, pensions or other hereditaments, in fee or any less
estates, rights or interests of, or in the same, at their plea-
sure to grant, alien, sell and transfer in such manner and

form, as they shall think meet and convenient for the fur-
therance of the objects of the said association, or body
corporate and politic; and for the furtherance of those ob-

husbandry, the tools of trades and other appropriate per-
sonal property, and the same to have, hold, use and en-
joy for that purpose, or to sell at their discretion, and to
receive donations of money, and apply the same for that

Proviso.

purpose; provided, that the said association or body cor-
porate and politic, shall not at any time hold or possess
properly, real, personal or mixed, exceeding in value the
sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, over and above the
annual value of. the products of the manual labour of
the students of the academy and their instructors in such
labour; and such products or the proceeds thereof, shall be