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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the owner of any building or personal prop-
erty in the abandonment of his property, or in
relaxing any effort in preserving and saving
the same during or after a fire, except so far
as he may be prevented by the action taken
by this corps, its officers or its members.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the officers
and men of the Fire Insurance Salvage Corps
of Baltimore, with their teams and apparatus,
shall have the right-of-way whilst going to a
fire, through any street, lane or alley in the
city of Baltimore, subject to such rules and
regulations as the Mayor and City Council

Right of way,

and Baltimore Fire Department may pre-
scribe, and subject, also, to the right of the
Baltimore Fire Department, and any violation
of the street rights of the Fire Insurance Sal-
vage Corps of Baltimore, shall be punished in
the same manner as is or may hereafter be
provided for the punishment of violations of
the rights of the Baltimore Fire Department.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in the month of
June, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and in
the mouth of June of every second year there-
after, there shall be held a meeting of the cor-
poration hereby created, of which ten days' pre-
vious notice shall be inserted in at least two of
the daily papers published in the city of Bal-
timore; at which meeting each incorporated
insurance company or association doing busi-

Biennial meet-
ings.

ness in the city of Baltimore, whether its offi-
cers or agents be members of this corporation
or not, shall have the right to be represented
by one of such officers or by its agents, and
each organization represented at such meeting
shall be entitled to one vote; a majority of the
whole number so represented shall have power
to decide upon the question of sustaining the
Fire Insurance Salvage Corps hereinbefore
mentioned, and of fixing the maximum amount
of expenses which shall be incurred therefor
during the two fiscal years next to ensue,
which amounts shall in no case exceed one