The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-05-15
PUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
Operative in Cecil County.
1T BLlSHED BY AuTHoHITY1
CHAPTER 40.
AN ACT to incorporate the Rising Sun
Detective Association of Cecil county,
CHAPTER Il.

SECTION l. b" cRdCisd By the General Assembly
81 Adrylond. That l.. Il. Kirk. NJ. d., Alfred
Kirk. Ellis =. Passmore. q. ). Dare NJ. d.. James
NJ Evans. Joshua L. Riae and John Hammer
smith. and all and every person or persons who
with them or in their stead shall hereafter become
associated with them. their and assigns.
shall be and are hereby created and declared to BE-
II body corporate and polite 10y the name and
style of the Rising Sun Detective Association Of
Cecil County, and by that name shall and may
have perpetual succession. and be capable in law
of purchasing holding improving and disposing
OF such property. real. personal and mixed, may
he necessary for the purposes herein authorized.
ana may sue and be sued. plead and be implead
ed. answer and defend in all courts of law and
equity, and may make. execute and deliver, and
have or cause TO be made. executed and delivered
to them. all deeds. transfers. grants, covenants,
contracts. agreements and bargains whatsoever
necessary for the purposes and objects of said
Association. and may use and have a common
seal and generally do every other act or thing
necessary to carry into effect the object and
provision OF this Act. not inconsistent with the
laws OF this State or of the United States, and to
ordain and establish such bylaws and regulations
as they shall deem necessary proper or convenient
for conducting the affairs vi the corporation hereby
created.
SECTION y. ind be il eHGriCd That the objects
of said corporation are declared to he the pursuit
and rrcc,c cry OF stolen horses, mues and all other
live stock and other personal property. and tho
arrest and conviction OF the tiiei or thieves and
to insure the members of said corporation against
loss by theft in such manner rs shall regulated by
the by laws of said corporation.
SECTION ,. And be ii enacted. That for the man
a:rrmcnt OF the affairs OF said corporation, the
members thereof shall annually elect President
Vice President Secretary ana Treasurer, and five
Directors who shall lie members OF said corpora.
ton, who shall hold their Office Ter one year and
until their .HepesSlrs are elected. whose duties
shall be regulated by the htaHS, IL alsA tha
duties OF all other mehlbc,S.
SECTION 1. iRd ls II CadCild That candidates
for membership may be proposed by any member
at stated or special meetings and elected. by bal
lot and upon receiving Il majority of the votes
east. shall become a member OF said corporation
upon paying an admission fee OF fifty cents and
the annual contribution o: members Shall be as
scsse,l and regulated by the President and Dircct-
ors and in the event OF II failure to pay said
annual contribution so assessed. the same shall he
collectable by said corporation rs cOmmQn debt
according to Law. "
SECTION 8. AEd be Il eHdCi,d That ihs i,tembcls
of said corporation in case OF loss NV theft OF apv
property described in section two of this Act and
sustained by any member of said corporation,
shall have power to arrest within the limits of the
State of Maryland, any person or persons in whose
possession such property may be found. or to ar
rest any person or persons when there exists a
reasonable ground oil suspicion that such person
or persons stale the properly or received it into his
their possession FrEEipT ii 4. &c It;ler, ,;ut IL
no case shall tbs EaiG me,5ters lie ALLEGED r5chtct
INC premises OF any person, and scareh the same,
unless accompanied by an officer with warrant
as now authorized hy the laws Of the State of
Maryland.
SECTION 9. ard be- il eB0c'cd That this Act
hall take elect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify that the atore-ong is a correct
copy of an Act OF the General Assembly of
Mary land, passed January Session, 1889.
Approved April 18th. 1880.
MILTON Y. KIDG
Chief Clerk of the House of EelcgQ,e-.
E.. GENE HIGGINS
Say s-3n Secretary Of the Scnste,