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CHAP. 35.
Times of meeting
—officers
Proviso.
Appointments of
officers heretofore
made to continue
Rights, privileges,
&c
No member to be
answerable in his
individual capaci-
ty.
Dissolution of so-
ciety.
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shall not at any one time hold or possess property, real, personal
or mixed, exceeding in total value the sum of fifty thousand dollars.
4. And be it enacted, That the members of the said corporation,
and their successors, may meet together on the first Thursday in
May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twen-
ty, at some convenient place in the city of Baltimore, and on the
same day annually for ever thereafter, and then and there elect the
officers of the said society, form such rules and regulations, and en-
act such by-laws, as may be necessary for assuring and carrying
into effect the benevolent purposes of this act; Provided such rules,
regulations and by-laws, be not repugnant to the constitution and
laws of the United States, of the state of Maryland, of the corpora-
tion of the city of Baltimore.
5 And be it enacted, That all appointments of officers for the said
society heretofore made by the members thereof in their private
capacities, shall respectively continue and be in full force until the
time specified by this act for the first election of officers for the said
corporation.
6. And be it enacted, That the said corporation, and their succes-
sors, by the name aforesaid, shall be for ever hereafter able and
capable, in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer
and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all or any courts
of justice, and before all or any judges, officers, or persons what-
soever, in all and singular actions, matters and demands whatso-
ever, and that all legal process that may be hereafter instituted by
the said corporation, shall be in the name of the president and
stewards of the Baltimore Friendly Society, and that all process that
may be hereafter instituted against the said society shall be served
on the president, on behalf of the same.
7. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the
said corporation, and their successors, for ever hereafter, to have
a common seal for their use, and the same at their will, and pleasure
of them, and their successors, to change, alter, break and make
anew, from time to time, as they shall think best, and shall in
general have and exercise all such rights, franchises, privileges
and immunities, as by law are incident and necessary to corpora-
tions of this kind, and which may be necessary to the corporation
herein and hereby constituted and erected, to enable, them duly
and fully in the law to execute all things touching and concerning
the design and intent of their said corporation, for the benevolent
succour, relief and good order, of its members, and the widows and
orphans of deceased members of the said society, agreeable to the
constitution, and such rules and by-laws, as may be established
by the said society.
8. And be it enacted, That no member of the said society shall in
his individual capacity be answerable for any losses, deficiencies,
or failures of the joint funds of the said society, for any more or
larger sum or sums of money whatsoever than to the current a-
mount by him payable into the common fund of the society.
9. And be it enacted, That if at any time it may be thought ne-
cessary to dissolve this society, a proposition to that effect shall be
laid on the table, in writing, at a stated meeting of the society, and
may be discussed at the next stated or special meeting, but shall
not be finally decided on until it has been two full months before the
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