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Dec. Ses. 1817.
Trustees in-
corporated—
style— effect
in law.
Trustees to
meet—their
powers.
—-to receive
gifts, &c.
—to cause en-
tries of money
&c. to be made
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manner herein after mentioned, not exceeding two thousand dol-
lars, in shares of ten dollars each, for the purposes of procuring a
lot of land in or near Liberty Town, erecting, building thereon,
and making suitable improvements and conveniences for a Lancas-
ter and grammar school, and that the holders of the said stock be
authorised to draw from the profits of tuition in said school, an
annual interest not exceeding ten per cent upon all sums not less
than one share paid for the use of the said school.
2. And be it enacted, That the said stock, to he raised for the
purposes aforesaid, shall be. confided in trust to seven trustees, and
their successors, to be chosen in the manner herein after mention-
ed, and that the said stockholders and trustees shall be and they
are hereby authorised and empowered, to become one community,
corporation and body politic, with perpetual succession, in deed
and in law, to all intents and purposes connected with the said
school, by the name and title of The Trustees and Stockholder of
the Lancaster and Grammar School of Liberty Town, in Frederick
County, by which name and title the said trustees, and their suc-
cessors, or a majority of them, shall be competent and capable in
law and equity, to hold to themselves and their successors, for the
use of the said stockholders and school, any lands or tenements,
by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance or bequest, of any person
or persons whatsoever, not exceeding three acres, and to sue. and
be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court or courts of justice,
before any judge, justice or justices within this state, or elsewhere,
in all and all manner of suits, complaints, pleas, causes, matters
and demands, of whatsoever kind, nature, or form they be, and
all and every other matter or thing to do therein, in as full and
effectual a manner as any person or persons, bodies politic or cor-
porate, within this state, in like cases may or can do or perform.
3. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, and their succes-
sors, or a majority of them, shall meet at least four times in every
year, in stated quarterly meetings, to be appointed by their own
ordinances, or by their own adjournments they may direct, and
when so assembled they shall have power from time to time to ap-
point a president, secretary and treasurer, to make contracts with
teachers relative to the scholars to be placed under their care, and
for the payment of their salaries; to examine the progress of the
scholars in their learning, and to hear and determine upon all com-
plaints and upon all matters touching the discipline and government
of the said school, and to manage the estate and concerns of the
school in such manner as they shall deem best for the encourage-
ment of instruction, provided that the trustees or the teachers shall
not interfere in any matter concerning the religion or the consci-
ences of the scholars.
4. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, and their succes-
sors, or a majority of them, may receive, hold and employ, gifts,
grants and legacies, for the use of the said school, to an amount
not exceeding two thousand dollars, and that any person who shall
make donations to the said school to the amount of twenty dollars,
or upwards, shall be entitled to vote for and become a trustee, in
the same manner and under the same regulations as a stockholder.
5. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, and their succes-
sors, or a majority of them, shall cause regular entries to be made
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