1846,

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 172.

be entitled to use the powers and privileges incidental to
such corporations.

May hold real
and personal
property.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation
shall have power to take and hold property, real and per-
sonal, not exceeding in value at any one time, the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars, which property shall never
be divided among the members of the said corporation, but
shall descend to their successors, to be applied for the
relief of sick and distressed members of said corporation,
the education of children of deceased members, and for
the promotion of these objects generally.

May alter and
amend by laws.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said corporation
shall have power to alter and amend the by-laws thereof
at pleasure; provided, that such alteration and amend-
ment do not in any way conflict with the laws of the State
of Maryland, the laws of the United States, the laws of
the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of the
State of Maryland, or the National Division of the United-
States.

Issues forbid.

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

Enure for 40
years.

Right reserv-
ed.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act of incorpora-
tion shall enure for forty years from the passage hereof,
and that the Legislature reserves to itself the right to
alter and annul the same at pleasure.

CHAPTER 172.

Passed March
3, 1847.

An act relating to the College of Saint James in Wash-
ington County.

Not lawful to
issue license.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That from and after the passage of this
act, it shall not be lawful for the clerk of Washington
county court, to issue a license to any person or persons,
to sell ardent spirits within two miles of the college of
Saint James in Washington county, without an order in
writing from one of the judges of said court, who is hereby
authorised to grant such order, if he shall be satisfied,
from the representations of respectable citizens in the
neighborhood of said college, of the necessity and pro-
priety of granting such license.