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Passed Jan.
14, 1824.
Confirma-
tion.
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CHAPTER 58.
An act to confirm an act, entitled, "An act to repeal all such parts of the Consti-
tution and form of Government, as relate to the division of Anne-Arundel
County into five separate election districts, and for other purposes," passed at
December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-two.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That an act
entitled, "An act to repeal all such parts of the Constitution and form
of Government, as relate to the division of Anne-Arundel county
into five separate election districts and for other purposes," passed at
December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, be, and the
same is hereby confirmed.
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Passed Jan.
14, 1824.
Incorpora-
tion.
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chapter 59.
An act to incorporate the Sharpsburgh Fire Company.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
George Smith, Daniel Donnelly, Philip Prickley, James Leggett,
George Edwards, Samuel Ruckle, John Miller, John D. Grove, Phi-
lip Grove, John M. Knode, George Bowers, David Highbarger, Ja-
cob Rohrback, George Cronise, Thomas Austin, Henry Beckley, Ja-
cob Smith and William Rohrback, and such other persons as now
are, or hereafter may become members of the Sharpsburgh Fire
Company, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be one commu-
nity, corporation and body politic forever hereafter, by the name and
style of the Sharpsburgh Fire Company, the object of which company
is hereby declared to be the protection of the property of the citizens
of Sharpsburgh, from destruction by fire, for which purpose they are
hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, pos-
sess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, tenements,
rents, annuities or other hereditaments, and the same to grant, di-
mise, alien or dispose of in such manner as they may judge most con-
ducive to the interest of the company;--Provided, nevertheless, that
the said corporation or body politic, shall not at any time hold or
possess property, real, personal or mixed, exceeding the sum of one
thousand dollars per annum.
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Legal ca-
pacity.
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2. And be it enacted, That the said company and their successors
by the aforesaid name, shall forever hereafter be able and capable in
law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be an-
swered in any and all courts of justice whatsoever, and also to make,
have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew
at pleasure, and also to assemble at such times as they may appoint
and ordain, and establish such bye-laws, ordinances and regulations
as to them shall seem conducive to the interest of the said company,
and necessary to the good government thereof, the same not being
contrary to the laws of this state, or of the United States, and gene-
rally to do and execute all such acts, matters and things, as to them
shall or may appear necessary and proper for the purposes aforesaid.
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Passed Jan.
16, 1824.
Levy Court
to appoint.
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CHAPTER 60.
An act supplementary to the act, entitled, "An act to establish the line between
Frederick and Washington Counties."
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
it shall be the duty of the levy court of Frederick and Washington
counties, on or before the first day of June next, each to appoint three
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