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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

same may occur from death, resignation or other

causes; provided that said vacancies, when the same

shall occur, shall be filled by the election of persons

Vacancies-
how filled.

who shall be members of the Presbyterian Church,

and that the present officers of said association shall

be the officers of the corporation hereby created

until their successors shall be chosen in conformity

with the by-laws of said corporation.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said

corporation hereby created shall have the power to

receive subscriptions, donations, devises and bequests

Receive sub-
scriptions.

of money or real or personal property in trust or

otherwise, and of purchasing or otherwise acquiring

or holding such property to be applied by it to the

objects of its incorporation.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act

Effective.

shall go into effect from and after the day of its

passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.

Chapter 494.

AN ACT to provide for the removal of the County

Seat of Charles county from Port Tobacco to La

Plata, in said county, if the qualified voters of

said county shall so determine, and to provide for

the erection of a Court-House and Jail at La Plata,

and the procuring of a site or sites for the same, and

authorizing the county commissioners of said

county to borrow money and issue bonds for the

payment of the same, for the purposes aforesaid ;

to levy taxes for the payment of the principal and

interest of said bonds; appointing an officer for

the disbursement of the same and for other pur-

poses.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

Question sub-
mit led to the

bly of Maryland, That the question as to whether
the county seat of Charles county shall be removed

voters.

from Port Tobacco to La Plata, in said county, shall

be submitted to the qualified voters of said county