1845.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 205.

Tarr, James Darling, John M. Robinson, David Whist-
ler, William Tims, Moses A. Dysart, George D. Hamil-
ton, William Reese, James C. Harris, John C. Ferns-
hill, James Fornshill, William Fornshill, John Brown,
James H. Wilson, H. J. C. Tarr, J. M. Jennings, Wil-
liam Q. Caldwell, James Hindle, Thomas A. Lane,
Thomas Irons, John Bowvier, David Pollard, Samuel
Brooks, Daniel Hubbard, John Laughlin, George M.
Bosley, Thomas N. Nelson, Samuel Barton, Jesse Car-
ter, James Pennington, James Parkinson, William
Thomas, William Price, William Primrose, Joshua Joice
and others, the officers and members of Marion Division,
Number Nineteen, of the Sons of Temperance of the
State of Maryland, and their successors, be and they are
hereby incorporated, and made a body politic and corpo-

Name and
Number.

rate by name and number of Marion Division, Number
Nineteen, of the Sons of Temperance of the State of
Maryland, and by that name may sue and be sued, and

Common seal.

have a common seal, and the same at their pleasure to
alter, and be entitled to use the powers and privileges
incident to such corporation.

Hold real and
personal estate.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation
shall be capable in law of taking and holding real and
personal estate; also, devises or bequests of any person
or persons, bodies corporate or politic capable of making
the same, and the same, at their pleasure, to transfer or
dispose of, in such manner as they may think proper;

Proviso.

provided, that the said corporation, or body politic, shall
not at any one time hold or possess property, real, per-
sonal or mixed, exceeding in value the sum of five thou-
sand dollars.

Make by-laws.
Proviso.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this corporation shall
have power to make, alter and amend their by-laws at
pleasure; provided, they do not conflict with the laws of
the United States, or the laws of the State of Maryland.

Issues forbid.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this corporation shall
not be permitted to issue any note, token, device, scrip
or other evidence of debt, to be used as a currency.

Enure for 30
years.

Right reserv-

ed.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act of incorpora-
tion shall enure for thirty years from its passage, and that
the legislature reserves to itself the right to alter, or an-
nul this act of incorporation at pleasure.