1846.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 257

Name & style.

Biscoe and Thomas Loker be, and they are hereby made
and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the
name, style and title of the Saint Mary's Female Semi-
nary, and by that name, style and title, shall have con-
tinued succession, and shall be able and capable in law,
to acquire properly, real, personal and mixed, by gift,
demise or purchase, and to hold, sell, dispose of and con-

Legal capaci-

ty.

vey the same, and to sue and be sued, plead and be im-
pleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defend-
ed in any court of law or equity, or other place whatso-
ever; and to have and use a common seal, and the same
to break, alter and renew at pleasure; and to receive and
make all deeds, transfers, contracts, covenants, convey-
ances and grants whatsoever; and generally, to do every
other act and thing necessary to carry into effect the pro-
visions of this act, and to promote the object and design
of said corporation.

Right and pri-
vileges.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all the property, rights
and privileges which vested in Cornelius Combs, Caleb
W. Jones, which should have been Caleb M. Jones, and
John W. Bennett, commissioners appointed by virtue of
an act of eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, chapter one
hundred and ninety, vest in the foregoing corporators,
for the purposes declared in said act of Assembly, and
their successors forever.

Majority to
transact busi-
ness.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That a majority of said cor-
porators, as trustees, shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of all business, appertaining to the business
of said corporation.

Fill vacancies.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in case of the death,
resignation or refusal to serve, of any one or more of
said corporators, the board, or a majority of them, shall
have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies.

Power to re-
move.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That said corporators shall
have power and authority to remove any one of said
board, by a vote of at least two-thirds; and the legisla-
ture hereby reserves to itself the right, to alter or repeal
this act of incorporation at pleasure.