1837.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 207.

sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered,
defend and be defended, in all or any courts of justice,
and before all and any judges, officers or person what-
soever in all and singular actions, matters or demands
whatever.

Seal.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be
lawful for the said corporation to have a common seal
for their use, and the same at their will and pleasure to

General powers.

change, alter and make anew, from time to time, as
they may think best, and shall in general have and ex-
ercise all such rights, privileges and immunities, as
by law are incident or necessary to corporations of this
character, and what may be necessary to the corpora-
tion herein constituted; and to enable the members of

Objects.

said order to exercise all things concerning the design
of this corporation, for the benevolent relief of the sick
and distressed, and for the promotion of their purposes

Proviso.

generally: provided, nothing that herein contained shall
be deemed or taken to confer banking privileges.

Way erect lodge

room over the
Market house.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be
lawful for the members of said lodge, or their succes-
sors, by and with the consent of the commissioners of
Chester Town, to erect and build over the market
house, in said time, a room or rooms, to be occupied
and used as a lodge room or rooms, and that the mem-
bers of said lodge, and their successors, shall forever
hereafter hold, possess and enjoy the said room or
rooms erected by them over the said market bouse,
without any let, hindrance, molestation or disturbance
of the commissioners of Chester Town, their succes-
sors in office, or of any other person or persons what-
soever, an as full and ample a manner as if the ground
on which the said room or rooms are erected, belong to
them in fee simple; provided nevertheless, that nothing
in this act shall be so construed as to give the members
of said lodge any right or title to any other part of the
said market house and premises, except the room or
rooms erected by them.

Statement of
concerns.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall and may
be lawful at any time, for the General Assembly to de-
mand a statement of the amount of property, real and
personal, belonging to the said corporation, and of the
debts due to and from the said corporation, and the