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CHAPTER 133.
An act to incorporate the Hager's Town Fire Company in
Washington County.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That William Heyser, Thomas Greives, Henry
Lewis, Henry Kealhofer, William Kreps, George Shank,
George Smith, Richard Ragan, John Kennedy, Robert Doug-
lass, Theobalt Eighelberner, David Harry, Peter Heifleich,
Henry Strouse, George J. Harry, George Emert, John Julius,
Adam Ott, Peter Humerickhouse, Henry Middlecalf, Peter
Miller, diaries Shaffner, John Hershy, John Mullhenny, Phil-
ip Dusing, William D. Boll and such other persons as now are
or hereafter may become members of the said company, shall
be and they are hereby declared to be one community, corporation
and body politic forever hereafter, by the name and style of The
Hager's Town Fire Company, and by that name they shall be
and are hereby made able and capable in law to have, pur-
chase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their suc-
cessors, lands, tenements, rents, annuities or others heredita-
ments, and the same to grant, demise, alien or dispose of in
such manner as they may judge most conducive to the interest
of the company; Provided nevertheless, that the said corpora-
tion or body politic shall not at any time hold or possess, prop-
erty real, personal or mixed, exceeding the sum of one thou-
sand dollars per annum.
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 answered, defend and be defended,
in all or any court of justice whatsoever, and also to have,
make and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and
renew at pleasure, and also to assemble and meet at such times
and places as they may agree upon, and to ordain, establish and
put in execution such by laws, ordinances and regulations, as
to them shall seem conducive to the interest of the said com-
pany, and necessary to the good government and orderly
management thereof, the same not being contrary to the laws
of this State or of the United States; and generally to do and
execute all such acts matters and things as to them shall or may
appertain to do.
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Dec. SESS.
1815.
Passed Jan.
23, 1816.
Style.—ef-
fect in law.
Proviso.
Seal—meet-
ings—by laws
&c.
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CHAPTER 134.
An act for the benefit of the heirs of John Richardson late of
Caroline County deceased.
WHEREAS, It. is represented to this General Assembly,
by the petition of Susan Richardson, guardian of the children
of the deceased, that the said John Richardson died intes-
tate, leaving a house and lot in the village of Denton, part of
which being unprofitable and yielding no benefit to the minors,
their interest would be greatly advanced by the passage of a
law authorising a sale thereof; Therefore,
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That George A. Smith be, and he is hereby appoint,
ed and authorised to sell and dispose of an unimproved part of
a lot of ground belonging to the heirs of John Richardson de-
ceased, lying in the village of Denton, being part of a tract of
land called Mount Andrew, and that the nett proceeds from
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Passed Jan.
23, 1816.
Preamble.
May sell—
proceeds.
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