10

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Part of sec
10 repealed.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That so much of the
tenth section of the said original act, as requires
the stock to be transferred to a member of a fire
company in the city of Baltimore, be and the same
is hereby repealed.

Part of sec
11 repealed.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That so much of sec-
tion eleventh of the said original act, as entitles
members of a fire company to a discount of five
per cent, upon premiums of insurance, be and the
same is hereby repealed.

Part of sec.
12 repealed.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That so much of the
twelfth section of said original act, as provides for
the election of a director from the Baltimore Uni-
ted Fire Department and the respective fire com-
panies in the city of Baltimore, be and the same
is hereby repealed.

Partofsec. 14
repealed, and
the time and
manner of elec-
tion of Direc-
tors-prescribed

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That so much of sec-
tion fourteenth of the original act, as provides the
mode of electing a director in the Baltimore Uni-
ted Fire Department and the respective fire com-
panies in the city of Baltimore, be and the same
is hereby repealed, and that hereafter, on the sec-
ond Monday in January, in each and every year,
between the hours of twelve o'clock, M., and one
o'clock, P. M.,at the office of the Company, the
stockholders shall choose by ballot from among
their members, fifteen directors, and in their choice,
each stockholder shall have one vote for each share
of stock not exceeding five shares; one vote for
every five shares of stock over five and not ex-
ceeding fifty shares; one vote for every ten shares
of stock over fifty and. not exceeding one hundred
and ten shares; and one vote for every twenty
shares of stock over one hundred and ten shares;
but no person or body corporate shall have in any
instance more than thirty votes.

Part of sec.
15 repealed.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That so much of sec-
tion fifteen in the said original act, as provides for
the filling of vacancies, be and the same is hereby

Vacancies in
Board of Di-
rectors — how
filled.

repealed, and that should a vacancy hereafter oc-
cur by death, resignation or disqualification, the
Board of Directors are hereby authorized and em-
powered to fill such vacancy, until the next regu-
lar election.

In force.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect, when the same be accepted by a ma-