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WHEREAS, an act was passed by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, at its December session of
eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, chapter one hun-
dred and fifty-one, entitled, an act to incorporate
the directors of the Book Concern of the Metho-
dist Protestant Church, by which sundry persons
therein named were appointed to conduct the book
establishment in the city of Baltimore, with the
view of furnishing books and publications of a re-
ligious and literary character; and by which act
the corporation thereby created, was subjected to
such rules and regulations as the General Confer-
ence of the Methodist Protestant Church might
adopt; and whereas the General Conference of
said church in the month of May in the year eigh-
teen hundred and fifty-four, provided for the divi-
sion of the assets of the said book concern, be-
tween certain conferences that desired to publish a
Western religious periodical, and those who desired
to continue their support of the Methodist Protes-
tant and Book Concern; and whereas, the said
General Conference recommended that application
be made to the General Assembly of Maryland for
an amendment to the said charter, or the grant of
a new one; and the following named annual con-
ferences of said church, to wit: those for the Ma-
ryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, West Tennessee, Missouri,
Western Virginia, Arkansas, and New Jersey,
Districts, adhering to the establishment in the city
of Baltimore, and being desirous of procuring a
charter in accordance with its change of relations
and the plan adopted by the General Conference;
Therefore,
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Preamble.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Wesley Starr, John W. Rich-
ardson, John Coates, Robert B. Varden, William
Dulaney, Ebenezer Strahan, and the Rev. Jesse
Shreeve, and the Rev. T. D. Valiant, the two last
named ex-officio, as the ministers in charge for the
time being of the Bast Baltimore and West Baltimore
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Incorporated.
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