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Dec. Ses. 1816.
Incorporated.
Proviso.
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that a proper and adequate remedy cannot he afforded, without
an act of the general assembly, constituting them a body corpo-
rate, with perpetual succession, and such powers and privileges
for taking, holding, and disposing of property, as may be judged
adequate and proper. And whereas the facts set forth in said
petition appear to be true, and the prayer thereof is reasonable
and proper,
Sec. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the, General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That the said Elizabeth A. Seton, Elizabeth Boyle, Ce-
cilia 0. Conway, Jane Smith, Rosetta White, Margaret George,
Bridget Farrell, Mary Ann Butler, Frances Jourdan, Susanna
Closey, Teresa Conway, Jane Francis Gartland, Eleanor An-
gela Brady, Ann Gruber, Adele Salva, Elizabeth Magdalene
Guerin, Sarah Thompson, Camilla Corish, Margaret Felicity
Brady, Scholastica Beams, Julia Shirk, Louisa Roger, and their
successors, hereafter to become Sisters of Charity of Saint Jo-
seph's, according to the rules and regulations of their association
for the time being, shall be and hereby are, constituted a body
corporate, by the name and style of The Sisters of Charity of
Saint Joseph's, with perpetual succession, and power to sue and
be sued, and to have and use a common seal, and to take and hold
in fee simple, or otherwise, the farm in Frederick county in this
state, on which they now dwell, and any other lands and real
estate, and any personal or mixed estate or property, and all such
lands, and real, personal and mixed estate, to sell, lease, dispose of,
and convey, in as full and ample manner as any person or body cor-
porate holding any lands or property, real, personal or mixed,
may sell, lease, dispose of, and convey the same; and to collect
and receive the rents, profits, proceeds and emoluments, of all
property by them so held or possessed, and apply the same to the
uses of their said association, according to the rules and regulations
established from time to time for the government thereof; "Pro-
vided always, that they shall not at any time hold, use, possess
and enjoy, cither by legal seizure or trust for their benefit, more
than eight hundred acres of land, nor shall their personal estate
at any time exceed in value the sum of fifty thousand dollars.
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Passed Jan. 7.
Public ground
vested in levy
court.
Parts of acts
repealed.
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CHAPTER 96.
An act to vest in the Justices of the Levy Court of Talbot
County certain Property, and to repeal the Acts of As-
sembly therein mentioned.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all the public ground in the town of Easton, in Talbot
county, together with the court-house, and other buildings and
improvements thereon, be and the same are hereby vested in the
justices of the levy court for the time being, for the accommoda-
tion of the court of appeals for the eastern shore, and of the
county court of Talbot county, and for such other county or state
purposes as to the levy court may seem proper.
2. Be it enacted, That so much of the act of assembly, entitled,
An act for the building of a court-house in Talbot county, for
the accommodation of the general court for the eastern shore, and
the county of Talbot, and so much of the act of assembly, enti-
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