THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1546.

J. G. Polk, John Dennis, William W. Handy, William
W. Johnston, Littleton D. Handy, Samuel W. Jones,
James Stewart, George Dennis, Joseph Barkley, and
John W. Crisfield, and their successors of Somerset

CHAP. 206.

county, be and they are hereby created a corporation for
the encouragement of agriculture, by the name and style
of the Agricultural Society of Somerset county, and by
that name shall have perpetual succession, may take,

Name & style.

hold and possess real and personal estate not exceeding

live thousand dollars in value, and the same grant, sell

and convey; and shall have full power and authority to
establish agricultural exhibitions,. and regulate the same,
grant premiums, and do any matter or thing in its judg-
ment conducive to the promotion of agriculture in the
said county, it shall keep a journal of its proceedings,
and establish rules and regulations for its own govern-

Hold real and
personal pro-
perty not ex-
ceeding $5000.

ment and the encouragement of agriculture; provided,

that its proceedings are not in violation of any of the laws

Proviso.

of this State,
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all vacancies which
may occur in the members of said society by death, re-
signation, removal from the said county or refusal to act,

Fill vacancies.

shall be filled by the remaining members, but the whole
number of members shall never exceed twelve, all of
whom shall reside in said county, and engaged in practi-
cal agriculture, four of its members being present, the
residue having been notified and failing to attend, shall
be a quorum for the transaction of business, and all ques-

Not to exceed
twelve.

tions shall be decided by a majority of the votes present.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall not be law-
ful for said society, to issue any note or other paper, in
the nature of a bank note to circulate as money; and it
shall at all times be lawful for the General Assembly of
this State to repeal or modify this act.

CHAPTER 205.

Issues forbid.

An act for the incorporation of Marion Division, Num-

ber Nineteen, of the Sons of Temperance of the State
of Maryland.

Passed Mar.
2, 1846.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Smith B. Rittenhouse, Dennis S. Swin-
ney, Rufus B. Gallup, James J. Costello, William H.

Incorporated.