1846.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CJJAP. 356

if the said president and directors shall be successful in
arresting and re-taking any such fugitive slaves, it shall
be their duty to sell such slave or slaves beyond the lim-
its of the State of Maryland, and after re-funding to each
member of said society the amount or contribution which
he may have been called upon to pay to the owner or
ers of such absconding slave or slaves, the surplus to be
retained by the said society, and to constitute a part of
its funds, and to be used in aiding the objects of said

society.

Guardians of
minors may
insure.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That any guardian of any
infant owner or owners of a slave or slaves may insure
such slave or slaves iu said society, and such insurance to
have the same effect, as if such minor or minors were of
full age, and had made such insurance him, her or them-

selves.

May make by-
laws.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the said society shall
have full power and authority to make any by-law or by-
laws, whereby any member of said society failing to pay-
the interest on his, her or their premium note or notes,
according to the constitution and by-laws of the said so-
ciety, may be excluded from any benefits of said society,
and at the same time held liable to contribution in case of
loss by others during all the time he, she or they may be
so in default, any law or statute of this State to the con-

trary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

May rescind
or revoke any
insurance by
them made.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the said society shall
have full power and authority to rescind or revoke any
insurancc by them issued, whenever they shall deem it
for the interest of said society so to do.

Judgment to
be a lien on
real estate.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That in all cases where
slaves may be insured under this act, and where the own-
er or owners of such slave or slaves may possess real es-
tate, the premium note or notes which may be executed
by such person or persons, shall be secured by judgment
entered up in a docket kept for that purpose in the office
of the clerk of the county, wherein such real estate may
lie, and the person or persons insuring, shall either ap-
pear in person, or shall direct the clerk, by an instrument
of writing signed by him, her or them, and attested by one
witness, to enter up judgment for the amount of his, her
or their premium note, and which judgment shall be a lien
on the real estate of the party so confessing judgment;
and the clerk of the county for entering said judgment,
shall be entitled to receive ten cents and no more; and in
case of losses incurred by the said society, so soon as the
loss and the proportion of such loss to be paid by each