CHARLES RIDGELY, (OF HAMPT.) ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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persons, bodies corporate or politic, within this state, in like
cases may do and perform; and the said trustees, and their suc-
cessors, or a quorum of them, shall have full power and authori-
ty to have, make and use, one common seal, with such devices and
inscriptions as they shall think proper, and the same seal at their
pleasure to break, alter and renew.
4. And be it enacted, That before any trustee herein appointed,
or to bo appointed in the manner herein directed, shall proceed
to execute the trusts and authorities delegated by this act, he shall
be qualified in the presence of one of the trustees, who is hereby
empowered to administer the oath or affirmation, as the case may
be, that he will well and truly execute and perform the duties of
a trustee of the said school, without partiality or prejudice, ac-
cording to the best of his skill and judgment.
5. And be it enacted, That any three or more of the said trus-
tees shall be and are hereby constituted a quorum, and are hereby
empowered to meet from time to time at the said school, or at any
other place within Dorchester county previously designated by the
said trustees at their last meeting, and when so assembled may,
in the absence of the other trustees who do not attend, do any
act, matter or thing, which the whole number of trustees, or a
majority of them, might do were they present or attending, any
thing in any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Dec. Ses. 1816

Oath.

Trustees, to
meet, &c.

CHAPTER 174.

A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act to authorise the
Levy Court of Harford County to levy money for build-
ing a Bridge.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the levy court of Harford county be, and they are hereby autho-
rised, to appoint a suitable person to superintend the erection of
a bridge authorised to be built by an act of the general assembly,
passed January 23d, 1816, chapter 128, over a washed gutter
occasioned by the overflowing of Deer Creek, at Robert Cover's
mill, on the road leading from Saint George's Chapel to Havre-
de-Grace.

Passed Feb. 1.

A person to be
appointed to
superintend
erection of
bridge.

CHAPTER 175.

An Additional Supplement to the act, entitled, An act to
Incorporate a Company for the purpose of building a
Bridge over the River Susquehanna, near Rock Run.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall and may be lawful for the president and directors
of the Susquehanna Bridge and Bank Company, or a majority
of them, and they are hereby authorised to use and employ any
funds belonging to the company, which they may deem advanta-
geous and find convenient so to use, in discounting any promis-
sory notes, bonds, drafts, or bills of exchange, in the same man-
ner as the officers of other banks in this state are authorised
and accustomed to do.
2. And be it enacted, That when any note or bill of exchange
which shall be discounted by the said Susquehanna Bridge and
Bank Company, or deposited in the bank for collection, shall on

Passed Feb. 1.

Company may
discount notes,
&c.

— to be nego-
tiable at banks