PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1849.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the president or secretary of the said company, an-
nually to give notice of at least two weeks, by adver-
tisement in some newspaper published in Baltimore
city or county, or by notice posted at such public
places as he may deem proper, of the election which
shall be held on the first Monday of January, in each
and every year, for thirteen directors of the company,
who shall be members thereof, but in case such elec-
tion should, from any cause, not be held on the said
day, the company shall not, in consequence thereof,
be dissolved, but such election may be held at such
subsequent time as may be selected by the board of
directors, or a majority of them, and at all such elec-
tions, each member shall have one vote, and may vote
either in person or by proxy.

CHAP. 213.

Directors —
how and when
elected.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the constitution
and bye-laws of the said company shall only be made
by the concurrent vote of at least two-thirds of the
whole board of directors, exclusive of the president,
and any amendment or alteration of the constitution
or bye-laws, shall only be made by a general meeting
of the members of the company, convened in pur-
suance of public, notice, given as in cases of elections
for directors, when each member present shall give
one vote, and two-thirds of the votes thus given shall
decide, and any arrangement or alteration of the con-
stitution or bye laws that may be thus made, shall be
binding on all the members of the company.

To make bye-
laws, etc.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the president, whenever required in writing by not
less than twenty members of the company, other than
the directors, to call a general meeting of the members,
by giving notice as in cases of election for directors,
for the transaction of such business as may be speci-
fied 'in the said written requisition, and any resolu-
tions or proceedings, passed or had at such meeting,
by not less than two-thirds of the members who shall
be present, shall be binding on the president and di-
rectors, and members of the company.

General meet-
ings — how and
when called.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this charter shall
be in full force and effect until the first Monday in
January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

In force.

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 estimate and statement to be
made of the proportion or sum to be contributed by

Indemnity for
losses.