WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 357

	CHAPTER 219.
	AN ACT to amend the act of Assembly of eighteen
	hundred and seventy, chapter two hundred and
	seventy- three, entitled "An act to repeal an act
	entitled 'An act to incorporate the Mutual Fire
	Insurance Company of Anne Arundel county,' "
	passed at the January session, eighteen hundred
	and sixty-eight, chapter ninety-one, and to re-en-
	act the same with amendments, and to enlarge the
	powers of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
	Anne Arundel and Howard counties.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That the act of Assembly of eigh-
	teen hundred and seventy, chapter two hundred and
	seventy-three, entitled " An act to repeal an act en-	Additional
	titled 'An act to incorporate the Mutual Fire In-	sections add-
	surance Company of Anne Arundel county,' " passed at the January session, eighteen hundred and sixty-	ed.
	eight, chapter ninety-one, and to re-enact the same
	with amendments, be and the same is hereby amend-
	ed by adding the following sections thereto :
	SEC. A. And be it enacted, That any person or
	persons making application for insurance on personal property in this company, upon the application be- ing granted or approved, shall give his, her or their	Give note to premium.
	note for the premium, and pay annually in advance
	the interest on said note or notes, as provided in the
	constitution and by-laws of said company; and said
	note or evidence of debt so given shall be a lien on
	the personal property covered by the insurance at
	any time during the continuance of the insurance,
	said lien having priority from the time of granting
	the application against all persons except bona fide
	purchasers, mortgagees and judgment or execution creditors, without notice, until a release shall be ob-
	tained, as provided in section four of the aforesaid
	act of eighteen hundred and seventy, chapter two
	hundred and seventy-three; and should the appli-