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style and title of Mount Hope Retreat, in Balti- more County, with power to them and their suc- cessors to adopt a common seal, and the same to alter and change; and by said corporate name to sue and be sued, implead and be irupleaded, and to take and hold all such property, real, personal
and mixed, as they may deem necessary, for carrying into effect the institution mentioned in the pre- amble to this Act; and the same to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of, and in general to do, per- form and suffer with reference to the purposes of their incorporation, all acts and things which may lawfully be done, performed and suffered by a natural person.	Powers.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That said corporation or a majority of the members thereof shall have full power to make a system of rules and regula- tions, under the name of constitution and by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of the State or the laws of the United States, for the management of the affairs of said corporation, and the same to alter and amend, abrogate and annul whenever they may think proper, and to do all other neces- sary acts and things which may be lawfully done for the good order, government and prosperity of said corporation.	Make laws,
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved March 2, 1870.	In force.