1849.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 320.

CHAPTER 320.

Passed
Feb. 28, 1859.

An act to Incorporate the Nottingham Division,

number one hundred, of the Sons of Temperance.

Incorporated,
&c.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That John M. S. Maccubbin, John T.
Stamp; William T. Hyde, M. J. Kaldenback, John
W. Coffen, Samuel W. Carey, James Spicknall, M. H.
Stamp, Robert Thompson, and James Naylor, of James,
and others, officers and members of the Nottingham
Division, number one hundred, of the Order of the.
Sons of Temperance, and all others who may become
members of said division, and their successors, be
and they are hereby incorporated and made a body
politic by the name and number of Nottingham Divi-
sion, number one hundred, of the Sons of Tempe-
rance, and by that name may sue and be sued, and
have a common seal, and the same, at their pleasure,
to alter, and be entitled to use the powers and privi-
leges incident to such corporation.

May hold prop-
erty.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corpora-
tion shall be capable of taking and holding real and
personal estate, not exceeding in value the amount
of ten thousand dollars, for the benefit and relief of
the sick and distressed, the education of the orphans
of its members, and for the promotion of their prin-
ciples generally.

Corporate
powers.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said corporation
shall and may at all times hereafter, be capable in law,
to have, receive and retain to its members, and their
successors, any gift, devise or bequest of any person
or persons, bodies corporate or politic, capable of mak-
ing the same, and the same at their pleasure to trans-
fer or dispose of in such manner as they may think
proper.

To make bye-
laws.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this corporation
shall have power to make, alter and amend their bye-
laws at pleasure; provided, they do not conflict with
the laws of this State, or the laws of the United
States.

In force, etc.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act of incorpo-
ration shall enure and continue for the period of forty
years from its passage, unless sooner altered or re-
pealed, the right so to alter, amend, or repeal this
charter, being hereby expressly reserved to the Legis-

lature, at its pleasure.