THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1845.

be sustained beyond the amount of his premium, note or
judgment, or cash advanced by way of premium.

CHAP. 291.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That in the suits by or
against the said company, no member of the corporation
shall on that account, if he be not a party to such suit
or suits, in his individual capacity, be incompetent as a
witness.

Not incompe-
tent as a wit-
ness.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That a general meeting of
the members of the company may be called in such man-
ner, and after such notice as shall be prescribed by the
constitution or by-laws, at which general meeting, the
constitution or by-laws, may be repealed, changed or al-
tered.

Call general

meeting.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act
shall be so construed as to authorise the said corporation
to issue any note, token, scrip, device or other evidence
of debt to be used as currency.

Banking for-

bid.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That this act of incor-
poration shall enure for thirty years from its passage, and
that the legislature reserves the right to alter or annul
the same at pleasure.

CHAPTER 291.

Enure for 80

years.

Right reserv-
ed.

An act to incorporate the Globe Mutual Insurance Com-

pany of Baltimore,

Passed Mar.
3, 1846.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That John Clark, Albert Schumacker, Wil-
liam Hooper, Alexander Fisher, William H. Kerghler,
Thomas Hooper, Charles R. Pearce, Edward Kurtz,
William S. Peterkin, George F. Wild, Andronicus
Cheesboro, Thomas M. Smith, George H. Newman, their
associates and successors, are hereby made a body poli-

Incorporated.

tic and corporation, to be called and distinguished by the
name of the Globe Mutual Insurance Company of Balti-
more; and by the same name, shall have succession, and
shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,

Name.

in all courts of law and equity in this State and elsewhere,
and to make and have a common seal, and the same, to
break, alter and renew at pleasure.

Have a com-
mon seal.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That; in addition to the
general powers and privileges of a corporation, the cor-
poration hereby created, shall have power by instruments
under seal or otherwise, first to make insurance upon ves-

Extra powers.