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shall enter and carefully preserve neat and accurate minutes
of all meetings and proceedings of said commission, and per-
form such other duties as usually pertain to the office of secre-
tary, or as may be assigned to him by said commission. Any
vacancy or vacancies occurring in said commission shall be filled
by appointment by the Governor.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the commission shall
before the next regular session of the Legislature, present a
report to the Governor, showing the progress and result of its
work.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 743.

AN ACT to amend the Charter of the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Montgomery County, Maryland, adopted at the
December Session of 1847.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
That section 4 of the above-mentioned charter or act of
incorporation be repealed and the same re-enacted to read as fol-
lows :

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all promissory notes, notes
of hand or other evidence of debt held by the said company
which shall have been given thereto for premiums for insurance
or for any part or parts of said premiums shall constitute and
be deemed a lien on any real estate which may be insured in
consideration or part consideration of such notes or evidences of
debt, which real estate shall be liable for the full and just pay-
ment of such notes or evidences of debt, either wholly or in
part, at such time or times as the president and directors shall
demand, and of all legal charges that may be incurred in enforc-
ing payment thereof in case of refusal or neglect to pay by the
drawers of such notes or evidences of debt. Any sale, mortgage
or transfer of such real estate subsequent to the date of such
notes or evidences of debt and during the time they are in exist-
ence shall not invalidate or prejudice the lien created therein by
the making and delivery of such notes or evidences of debt; and
such real estate shall only be released from such liability or lien
thereon on the full payment of such notes or evidence of debt, or
such part thereof as may be demanded by the president and