T. WATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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in Uniontown, in said county; and whereas, the
agency of a corporation will better secure the per-
formance of all the trusts of said deed and effectu-
ally guard against the relapse of any; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the said John Smith of Jno.,
William Roberts, Alfred Zollicoffer, John Smith of
Joshua, and Samuel McKinstry, and their successors
in office, be and they are hereby incorporated and
made a body politic, by the name of "Trustees of the
Parsonage of the Methodist Protestant Church, situ-
ate at Uniontown, in Carroll county ;" and by that
name they shall have, take, and hold all the proper-
ty described in the deed mentioned in the recital to
this act, in trust, for the uses and purposes as there-
in stated; and shall also have and hold such other
property, real or personal, not exceeding two thous-
and dollars in value, which any other member of the
Methodist Protestant Church, worshipping at any of
the meeting-houses in the circuit aforesaid, shall
choose to convey or devise to the said corporation
for church purposes; and that by their corporate
name aforesaid, they may sue or be sued, have a
common seal, and possess all the powers and fran-
chises necessary to enable them to fulfil the purposes
and intentions for which they have been incorpora-
ted as disclosed by this act.

Incorporated.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the trustees
named in the deed aforesaid, be and they are hereby
authorised to convey all the property mentioned in
said deed to the said corporation.

Trustees au-
thorised to
convey.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in case of the
death, resignation, refusal to act, removal or sepa-
ration from the circuit aforesaid, of any member of
the said corporate body, the quarterly conference of
the said circuit shall immediately supply the vacan-
cy by appointing a successor; and every such ap-
pointment shall be noted in the journal of proceed-
ings to be kept by said corporation; and such entry
shall be sufficient evidence of the election of suc-
cessors.

Vacancies
filled.

SEC. 4, And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the day on which it may be passed.

In force.