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LAWS of MARYLAND.
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CHAP.
II.
Appointments
to continue.
Corporation
may sue, &c. |
this act, provided such rules and regulations be not repugnant to the
constitution
and laws of this or the United States.
IV. And be it
enacted, That all appointments of officers for said society
heretofore made by the members thereof in their private capacities, shall
respectively
continue and be of full force until the time specified by this act for
the first election of officers for said body corporate.
V. And be it
enacted, That the said corporation, and their successors, 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 other persons whatsoever, in all and singular actions, matters and demands
whatsoever, and that it shall and may be lawful for them, and their successors,
for ever hereafter, to have a common seal for their use, and the same,
at the
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 corporations 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 incorporation, for the benevolent succour and
relief of
the widows and orphans of members of the said society, agreeable to such
rules
and by-laws as may be established by said society. |
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CHAP. III.
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Passed December
30. |
An ACT for the relief of Lucy Jennings, widow and devisee of
Richard Jennings, late of Frederick
county, deceased. |
Preamble.
Will to have
operation, &c. |
WHEREAS the said Richard Jennings, a native of Ireland, about the
year seventeen hundred and eighty-four, came into this state to reside,
and afterwards purchased and took conveyances in fee of several parcels
of land lying in Frederick county, and afterwards, by last will and testament,
devised the same to his wife Lucy Jennings, subject to the payment of
certain legacies, and all his debts: And whereas doubts have arisen,
whether
the said Richard Jennings ever became naturalized, and competent in point
of
law to hold and enjoy real estate within this state: And whereas
it appears to
this general assembly, that the said Richard Jennings served and acted
as a
citizen in various capacities, and held a commission of lieutenant in the
militia
of this state, and that it is reasonable and just that his said will should
take
effect;
II. BE it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the last will
and testament of Richard Jennings, executed on the fifth day of July, seventeen
hundred and ninety-five, have, to every intent and purpose, the same operation
and effect, as to the conveyance of the lands therein mentioned, as if
the said
Richard Jennings had been naturalized, and had become a citizen of this
state
antecedent to the purchase and acquirement of any of the said lands, and
making of the said will, any law, usage or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding;
provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall affect or
defeat the right or claim of any citizen of this state to any of the said
lands, or
any part thereof, acquired before the passage of this act. |
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CHAP. III.
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Passed December
30. |
An ACT for the relief of Christian Weaver.
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| Preamble. |
WHEREAS a certain Richard Allen, of Baltimore county, did, by
his deed, bearing date on or about the tenth day of November, seventeen
hundred and ninety-two, convey, in fee-simple, to the said
Christian Weaver, all that part or portion of a tract of land called Level
Union,
containing two acres of land, the said Richard Allen being, at the
time of
making the said deed, an alien, and not naturalized, and it appearing that
the |
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