St. Mary's gazette., 1867-08-15
I.AWS-GENERAL-
CENTRAL ASSEMBLY OF MARY
LAND
Atthe January Session, 1867.
PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY.
ARLoTTE
&nMond a JILL


Entitled n act to add certain additional Soc
tous to article twenty-six of the Code
of Public General Laws of this state,
relating to corporations, 10 order 70
provide for the organization Of uUiVels-
ties, colleges, hospitals and asyluns
Section / Be it enacted by the Gener
a, Assembly Of Mary land, That any
twelve or more white persons, citizens o.
the United States. and majority of them
citizens of Maryland, who may desire to
form a corporation for the purpose Of or
ganiziDg any university, college or hos
pital, or any asylum for charitable pur-
poses may make, sign aud acknowledge
before some officer competent to take
the acknowedg gm,nt of deeGs, cyrif-
cate in writing, ~ which shall be stated
the corporate n..nc of said university, col
lege, hospital or asy lum, and the number
of the tIust3 3es, dir ctor5 or managers, who
shall manage the concerns Of the said uui
vcr>i'y, college, hospital or asylum, and
the name or naucs Of the city or county
or countie, in which SAID university, col
iege, hospital, asylum, or any branch or
branches thereof may be intended to BE-
located
Sec > And be it enacted, That the said
certificate Shall be recorded in tno Office for
the recording of deeds of the city pr coun-
ty or Of the cities or counties in which the
said university, college, hospital or asylum,
or any branch thereof. may be intended
to be located And when the said ccrtii-
cate shall have been so recorded, the per
sons who have signed and acknow dgel
the same and then successors, shall be a
body polite and corporate, il fact aud in
name, by the name stated in such ccrtiti-
cate, and by that name sballh have succession
Sec. 3. Aud be it enacted, That they,
shall, by their corporate name, be capable
in law of receiving and acquiring by grant.
devise or bequest, any real or personal
property which may be granted, devised
or bequeathed to said corporation tr the
promotion of the purposes for which it WAS
formed, and shall hold, use and dispose Of
the said property. real or personal, accor-
ding to the terms of the grant, deyi,e
OF bequest, by which the said property,
real OF personal, was vested in said cor
poration.
SEC. 4 Ard be it enacted, That every
such corporation so formed shall be capa-
bic in law of purchasing, holding and con-
yeying any real or personal estate what
ever, which may be necessary to enable the
said corporation to carry on the operations
named ln such certificate.
Sec 5. And be ii enacted, That every
such corporation SO formed may make such
rules aud regulations, consistent with
the constitution and laws of this State and
of the United States, as it may see tit to
prescribe for It's own organization and gov
ernmen Mt, and may change the same from
tine to time as It may seem proper and cx
pcdient Aud the trustees, directors or
managers who shall be named in the sali
certificates, shall supply by election the
place OF places among the SAID trustees,
managers or directors which may become
vacant By death, resignation or otherwise,
in then own body, 50 that ;he number Of
twelve shall always be preserved.
See. 8. And bc i; cuactcd that thi, law
shall take effect from and after the date Of
its passage.
We, certify that the aforcgone is a true
copy of an act which passed the GcueraI
Assembly Of Maryland January session,
1867.
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