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CHAP. 112.
May recover mo-
ney subscribed by
warrant, &c..
Vacancies, how to
be supplied.
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and immediately after the passage of this act, shall be and they
are hereby erected into a body politic and corporate, in deed and
law, by the name, style, and title, of The Trustees of St. Lucas
Reformed Church in Union Town, and that they the trustees by the
name aforesaid, and their successors to be elected as herein after
mentioned, shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able and
capable to purchase, take, have, hold, receive and enjoy, to them
and their successors, in fee simple, any property, real, personal
and mixed, which by the constitution and laws of this state may be
acquired and held by any religious society; Provided nevertheless,
that such property shall not exceed the value, of ten thousand dol-
lars, and also that the said trustees, by the name and title afore-
said, shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, implead
and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity, in as full and ef-
fectual a manner as any other person or persons, bodies politic
or corporate, may sue or be sued, plead or be impleaded; and that
it shall and may be lawful for the said trustees, by the name and title
aforesaid, to muse to be made and used one common seal to au-
thenticate all acts and instruments of writing respecting their bu-
siness, and the same at pleasure to alter and renew.
2. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, by the name and
title aforesaid, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered,
to recover by warrant before a single magistrate, any money
which may have heretofore been subscribed, or which may hereaf-
ter be subscribed, for the use of the said church, and the same
proceedings shall be had thereupon as in cases of small debts re-
covered out of court.
3. And be it enacted, That at all times for ever hereafter, when
any vacancies shall happen in said community of trustees, by the
death, resignation, or refusal to act, of any one or more of the
members thereof, the remaining trustees, or a majority of them,
shall with all convenient speed, proceed to elect, by ballot, other
discreet person or persons, to be trustee or trustees to supply such
vacancy or vacancies, and in like manner shall all future vacan-
cies be supplied by said trustees, and their successors, or a majo-
rity of them, so as to perpetuate the number of three persons as
trustees of said institution for ever.
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Passed Feb. 3, 1819
Divorce granted.
Right of Matthew
Wilson to certain
property annulled.
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CHAPTER 113.
An act for the relief of Hannah Wilson, of Baltimore
county.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the said Hannah Wilson be and she is hereby divorced from
bed, board, and mutual cohabitation, with her husband Matthew
Wilson.
2. And be it enacted, That all the right and title which the said.
Matthew Wilson, by virtue of his marriage with said Hannah Wil-
son, had acquired to any property which she now is or may become
entitled to, in any way or manner whatever, be and the same is
hereby annulled and made void; and that the said Hannah Wilson
be and she is hereby declared capable to have, hold, take, receive,
sue for, and recover, by compromise, suit or suits in law or equity,
all such property, in as full and ample a manner as if she were a
feme sole, and had never been married; and to hold; use, and enjoy
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