LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1843.

discharge of the duties of his office, agreeably to the re-
gulations of this act; and on the complaint of any person
who has been injured by the misconduct of any director,
it shall be the duty of said clerk to cause said bond to be
put in suit on receiving security to idemnify the state
against costs, and to certify to the court who is the plain-
tiff in such cause; and the said court may on motion of
the defendants in said cause order the plaintiff to find se-
curities to indemnify the defendants for their costs should
he fail to prosecute or recover thereon; and if the defend-
ants shall plead performance of the condition of said
bond, the plaintiff may reply to as many breaches respec-
ting his interest as he shall think fit, and the jury on
trial of such issues as shall be put to them, shall assess
damages for such breaches as the plaintiff shall prove and
the court enter up judgment for the whole penalty of the
bond and issue execution in favour of the plaintiff for such
sum as the jury shall have found damages, and the costs;
and the judgment shall remain for the benefit for such
person or persons as may by scire facias thereon show
that they have been injured by any breaches of the condi-
tion of said bonds, and if the plaintiff fail to recover in
suit, the court shall award costs to the defendants, and

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thereof issue execution against such plaintiff.
Sec. 17. And be it enacted, That from and after the
passage of this act, any member of the Mutual Insurance
Company, or of any other Mutual Insurance Company
now incorporated, or hereafter to be incorporated, shall
and may be admitted as a competent witness on any trial
as aforesaid.

Any member
may be admit-
ted as witness.

Sec. 18. Be it enacted, That this charter shall be re-
vocable at any time hereafter at the pleasure of the legis-
lature of this state.

Right reser-
ved.

CHAPTER 362.

An act to cure certain defects in the proceedings of justices
of the peace in this State.

Passed March
9, 1844.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That in all cases where supersedeas have here-
tofore been taken by justices of the peace, and said justices
may have neglected to read over the form to the parties
superseding, or may have neglected to sign the same in the

Justice to en-
dorse on judg-
ment.