Title

An Act to incorporate the Master, Wardens and Members of the Grand Lodge of Maine

Creator

Maine State LegislatureFollow
William King

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Document Type

Text

Contributing Institution

Maine State Archives

Identifier

322428

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Inscription of the text:

An Act to incorporate the Master, Wardens and Members of the Grand Lodge of Maine.
SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of .Representatives in Legislature assembled, That William King, r-«d- Simon Greenleaf, William Swan, Nathaniel Coffin and their associates and successors, be, and they hereby are incorporated into a body politic by the name of the Master, Wardens and Members of the Grand Lodge of Maine ; with power to sue and be sued ; to have a common seal and to change the same; to make any by-laws for the management of their affairs, not repugnant to the laws of this State, nor to ancient masonic usages; to take and hold, for charitable and benevolent uses, any real estate to the value of twenty thousand dollars, and any personal estate to the value of sixty thousand dollars ; and to give and grant, or bargain and sell the same : and with all the privileges usually granted to other Societies instituted for purposes of charity and beneficence.
SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the first meeting of said Corporation, shall be holden at such time and place, and be notified in such manner, as the majority of the persons herein named may direct,
SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the powers granted by this act, may be enlarged, restrained or repealed, at the pleasure of the Legislature.

[This Act passed June 16, 1820.]

Exact Creation Date

6-16-1820

Language

English