PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1849,

to the treasurer of the board, who is hereby fully em-
powered to receive and disburse the same, for said cor
poration, and under their direction only.

CHAP. 247.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That for the well order-
ing of the affairs of said college, there shall be eighteen
(eighteen) trustees, nine of whom, all to be members of
the Methodist Episcopal church, shall be elected by the
stockholders for three years, at such time and place as
the bye-laws of the corporation may designate, the re-
maining nine to be appointed annually by the presiding
bishop of the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Me-
thodist Episcopal church, out of the members compos-
ing said annual conference, the board thus constituted
to continue in office until their successors be appointed.

Trustees—
how elected.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the first trustees
elected by the stockholders shall be divided into three
equal classes, the first, class to hold office for one year,
the second class for two years, and the third class for
three years, the classes to be determined by lot, cast
among themselves, the stockholders annually to elect
three, to fill the vacancies thus occurring; the trustees
to be eligible to re-election.

Classification

of trustees.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That in case of the death,
resignation or refusal to serve of any of the trustees, then,
and in such a case, the remaining trustees shall elect and
appoint another trustee or trustees, in the place of those
whose seats may have been vacated as aforesaid, in or-
der to keep up the said number of eighteen (eighteen)
trustees, the vacancy, if occurring in that portion of the
board appointed from the Baltimore Annual Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church, to be filled on the
nomination of said portion of the board, if occurring in
that portion of the board elected by the stockholders, to
be filled on the nomination of said portion of the board.

Vacancies—
how supplied.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said trustees
shall have full power and authority to appoint, out of
their own body, a president, vice-president, treasurer
and secretary, and in case of a vacancy in either of these
offices, by death or otherwise, they shall appoint one of
their own body to fill the vacancy, and in case of the
absence of the president and vice-president, at any
meeting of the board, they shall appoint a president,
pro-tempore.

Officers— how
and when cho-
sen.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the trustees, and
their successors, shall be capable in law to sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court or courts,
before any judge, judges or justices within this State and
elsewhere, in all and all manner of suits, complaints,

Corporate
powers.