ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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actions; to have a common seal, and to alter and

change the same at pleasure; to appoint such officers

and employ such agents as it may require for the con-

duct of its affairs and the management of its property,

and to adopt such by-laws and rules as may be need-

ful for its government; to provide for and regulate

the succession of its members, and to perpetuate its

existence.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act

Effective.

shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 363.

AN ACT to amend the Charter of the President and

Directors of the Baltimore Fire Insurance Company,

incorporated by an act passed at November session,

eighteen hundred and seven, chapter sixty-eight,

entitled An act to incorporate a Fire Insurance

Company in the City of Baltimore, as amended by

a supplement to said act, passed at December session

eighteen hundred and thirty-five, chapter two hun-

dred and twenty-nine, providing for the investment

of the funds of said corporation, regulating the

election of directors, prescribing the qualification of

electors at all meetings of stockholders, and the

qualifications of directors, and repealing certain

sections of said acts of assembly as follows.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That it shall be lawful for the said

corporation, and power is hereby expressly conferred

Power to in-

on it, to invest the funds of said corporation, or any

vest funds.

part thereof, in such stocks, bonds or other securities

as in the judgment of the said president and directors

may be most advantageous to it.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in the election

of directors, and at all meetings of stockholders, each

and every stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for