1839.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 304.

Vacancies.

the Methodist Episcopal Church for Bladensburgh circuit,
in such manner and at such period and for such times as
the said quarterly meeting conference shall direct, fix or
arrange, and that the said conference shall have power to
fill vacancies occasioned by death, resignation or removal,
or by dismission of the said conference.

My purchase

lands.

And sell, &c.

Trustees may

sue.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said trustees
or their successors, shall have the power of purchasing
real estate, lands and tenements in Prince George's coun-
ty, not exceeding two acres in quantity, and of taking a
conveyance for the same to them and their successors, or
in their corporate name, and that the same shall be held
for the benefit of the said trustees of Smith's Meeting
House in such manner as the quarterly meeting confer-
ence in said circuit of Bladensburg shall from time to
time direct, and that they may sell and convey the same
under the direction of the said quarterly meeting confer-
ence, and that the said property shall be subject to the
rules, orders and regulations of the quarterly meeting
conference, from lime to time, and that the said trustees
and their successors to be chosen by the said conference, may
sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded in any court
of law or equity in this State, by their corporate name.

May condemn
land.

How paid for.

Proviso.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said trustees shall
have full and ample power to enter upon and condemn
any quantity of land lying immediately adjacent to the
church, not exceeding two acres, and the same to be paid

for at such price as seven commissioners to be appointed,

three by the owner of the soil and three by the trustees,
and the other by the six so previously appointed; provided

however, that three months notice of the intention of said

trustees to enter upon and condemn any land shall be
given to the owner of the soil so to he condemned, and
if he file not a caveat with the levy court of the county
before the expiration of the three months, it shall be ta-
ken as if the owner had in terms accepted so to have his
land condemned; but if the caveat be filed before the ex-
piration of the three months, then the levy court shall
make such determination in the premises as to them may
seem meet and proper.

Rights reserved.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the power is hereby
expressly reserved to the legislature to alter, amend or
annul this act of incorporation at pleasure.