THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1815.

may be lawful for the commissioners of Dorchester
county, if they deem it expedient, to appoint one other
constable for the election district in said county, known
as Cambridge district, in addition to the two they are

CHAP. 228.

now authorized to appoint; provided however; that the
individual so appointed shall he a resident of that part of
said district known as Town Point.

CHAPTER 228.

Proviso.

An act to incorporate the Marine Railway and Screw
Dock Beneficial Society of Baltimore.

Passed Mar.
4, 1846.

WHEREAS, Andrew Flannigan, Samuel Trimble; John
Skinner, John S. Brown, John J. Abrahams, Hugh A.
Cooper, James A. Muller, and others, have formed them-
selves into a society for the purpose of affording relief to
each other in their respective families and business, and
have prayed an act of incorporation, that they may the
better execute their intentions, and the legislature being

Preamble.

desirous of promoting such institutions —therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Andrew Flannigan, Samuel Trible,
John Skinner, John S. Brown, John J. Abrahams, Hugh
A. Cooper, James A. Muller, and others, that now are
or may hereafter become members of the said corpora-
tion herein erected, or may be admitted into the corpo-
ration agreeably to the constitution, rules and by-laws of
the same, and their successors, are hereby declared to be

Incorporated.

one community, corporation and body politic forever, by
the name, style rind title, of Marine Railway and Screw
Dock Beneficial Society; provided nevertheless, that the
said corporation may be dissolved at any time, by the
consent of its members, as is hereinafter provided.

Name &. style.

Proviso.

SEC. 2 And be it enacted, That the affairs of said so-
ciety shall be managed and conducted by a president;
vice president, treasurer and secretary, to be chosen an-
nually, on the first Monday in May, in each and every
succeeding year, in such manner as the said society shall

think proper to appoint.

Officers.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the present members
of the said society and their successors, by their corporate
name, shall and may have perpetual succession, and shall
and may at all times hereafter, be persons able and capa-

Hold property.