1842

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

CHAP. 215.

quisition; and any resolutions or proceedings passed or had!
at such meeting, by not less than two-thirds of the mem-
bers who shall be present, shall be binding on the president
and directors and members of the company.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this charter shall be in
full force and effect until the first Monday in January eigh-
teen hundred and ninety.

Directors to
Ascertain loss,
&c.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That whenever a loss shall
occur which the said company are liable to pay, it shall be
the duty of the directors at their next meeting after they
shall have been notified of said loss, to cause an accurate
statement to be made of the proportion or sum to be contri-
buted by each member, to make good the said loss to the
person having sustained said loss, and to notify the mem-
bers of said corporation of the same, and if at the expira-
tion of sixty days from the date of such notice any member
of said corporation shall have failed to pay his contribution
aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the said board of directors
upon filing such statement in the office of the clerk of Har-
ford or Baltimore county if such defaulting member or
members shall reside in Baltimore county, to cause execu-
tion to issue for the said proportion in the same manner as
if a judgment had been rendered for the same together
with all casts incident to such proceeding.

Right reser-
ved.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the legislature re-
serves to itself the right to change alter or annul this act of
incorporation at pleasure.

CHAPTER 215.

Passed March
2, 1843.

An act to regulate the itinerant charges of Jurors and Com-
missioners of Washington County.

Allowed ten
cents per mile.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act, each
commissioner and juror of said county shall be entitled and
allowed ten cents for each and every mile over ten miles in
coming to and going from the place where their official du-
ties require their attendance, and it is expressly understood
that this act shall not be so construed as to authorise a charge
for more than once going and returning to the same term or
session, or to the place of duty under any appointments made

Repealed.

by the commissioner upon roads.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That all former Jaws in relation.
to the itinerancy of said jurors and commissioners, are here-
by repealed.