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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

costs incident to the proceeding, in the same manner as if judg-

ment had been rendered in said court for the same; and in case

of insurance on buildings, it shall be lawful for the owner or

for the company to apply by petition in writing to the Circuit

Court for the county wherein such property is situated to desig-

nate the boundaries of the land affected by the lien provided in

this Act ; and it shall be the duty of the court to issue an order

to the County Surveyor or some other surveyor to examine the

building insured and to make a report to the court, in which he

shall sufficiently designate by metes and bounds and courses

and distances, and by a plat, if necessary, the limit and extent

of the land under and surrounding the said insured building,

necessary for the ordinary and useful purposes thereof, and

such report, if approved by the court, shall be entered at

Entered upon

length upon the records of said court and shall be conclusive

court rec-
ords.

upon all persons concerned.

16. The charter of the company shall be and the same is

hereby perpetual ; provided that the General Assembly of Mary-

Charter.

land reserves to itself the right to amend or repeal the same

at any time.

Members to

17. This Act shall be submitted to the members of said com-

vote on Act.

pany at a special meeting thereof to be called by the president

of said company and to be held on or before the second Mon-

day in December, 1904, and if a majority of the members pres-

ent at such meeting shall give their consent, then this Act shall

take effect from and after the date of said meeting; but if at

such meeting a majority of the members then present do not

assent, then this Act shall not take effect but shall be null and

void.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 334.

AN ACT to add two sections to Article 22 of the Public Local

Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Washington County,"

sub-title "Williamsport," to be known as Sections 411 A and

411B, to follow Section 411 of said Article as repealed and

re-enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland of 1904,

Chapter 17, and approved February 25, 1904; and to give

additional powers to the Burgess and Commissioners of

Williamsport relating to the streets and public places and

the lighting of said town.