1837.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 34.

or persons having so transferred or assigned the whole
of his, her or their stock in said company shall ipso
facto erase to be a member or president or director of
said company, as the case may be.

Limited to Leo-
nard town.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the company here-
by incorporated, shall not he construed to have power
to establish mills or manufactories or to carry on mil-
ling or manufacturing as herein before provided for,
except within the limits of Leonardtown aforesaid.

Banking prohi-
bited.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act
contained shall be construed to confer upon said com-
pany, banking privileges or the powers to issue any
note in the form of a bank note or certificate payable
to bearer.

Limitation 1860.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That this act shall con-
tinue and be in force until the first day of January,
eighteen hundred and sixty, and until the end of
the first session of the General Assembly, which shall
happen thereafter.

CHAPTER 34.

Passed Feb. 7,
1838.

An act to Incorporate the Washington Lyceum, of
Baltimore.

Persons incor-
porated.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That John Lewis, jun., Nathaniel Cox,
George F. Sloan, William E. Whitson, and their asso-
ciates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby
created a corporation and body politic, by the name

Style.

and style of the Washington Lyceum of Baltimore, and
by that name shall have perpetual succession and shall

Powers vested.

be able and capable, in law to sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded, answer and be answered in any
court of law or equity; to make and use a common seal,
and the same to alter and change at pleasure; to or-
dain and establish such by-laws and regulations, not
contrary to law, as shall be necessary or convenient for
conducting the affairs of the corporation.

Objects prescri-
bed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the objects of this
corporation are declared to be the promotion of Liter-
ature, and the encouragement of the arts and sciences,