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SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec. Ses. 1824
Officers.

2. And be it enacted, that the affairs of the said society shall be
managed and conducted by a president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer, messenger and five stewards, to be elected annually, on
the third Tuesday in March in each and every year, in such man-
ner as the said society shall think proper to appoint.

Succession
and privili-

ges.

3. And be it enacted, That the present members of the said so-
ciety and their successors, by their corporate name, shall and may
have perpetual succession; and shall and may be, at all times
hereafter, persons able and capable in law, to purchase, take, have
and enjoy, to them and their successors, in fee or less estate or es-
tates, any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, chatties, United
States stork, bank stock, registered debt, or other public securities
within this state; and the same at their pleasure to alien, sell, trans-
fer or lease in such manner as they may judge most conducive to
the charitable uses of said society, provided nevertheless, that the
said corporation shall not at any one time hold or possess property,
real, personal or mixed, exceeding in total value, the sum of ten
thousand dollars.

General
meeting—
by-laws.

4. And be it enacted, That the members of the said corporation
and their successors may meet together, on the third Tuesday in
May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-five, at some convenient place in the city of Baltimore; and
on the same day annually forever thereafter; and then and there
elect the officers of the said society, form such rules and regula-
tions; and enact such by-laws as may be necessary for assuring
and carrying into effect the benevolent purposes of this act; provi-
ded such rules, regulations and by-laws, be not repugnant to the
constitution and laws of the United States, of the state of Mary-
land, and of the corporation of the city of Baltimore.

Present offi-
cers.

5. And be it enacted, that all appointments of officers for the
said society, heretofore made by the members thereof in their pri-
vate capacities, shall respectively continue, and be in full force,
until the time specified by this act, for the first election of officers
for the said corporation.

Capable in
law.

6. And be it enacted, That the said corporation and their suc-
cessors by the name aforesaid, shall be forever hereafter able and
capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer
and be answered, defend and be defended in all or any courts of
justice, and before all or any judges, officers or persons whatsoever,
in all and singular actions, matters and demands whatsoever; and
that all legal process that may be hereafter instituted by the said
corporation, shall be in the name of the president and stewards of
the United Beneficial Society of Baltimore; and that all process
that may be hereafter instituted against the said society, shall be
served on the president, on behalf of the same.

General pow-
ers.

7. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said
corporation and their successors forever hereafter, to have a com-
mon seal for their use, and the same at the will and pleasure of
them and their successors, to change, alter, break and make anew
from time to time, as they shall think best; and shall in general
have and exercise all such rights, franchises, privileges and immu-
nities as by law are incident and necessary to corporations of this
kind; and which may be necessary to the corporation herein and