1849.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 213.

each member to make good said loss to the person
having sustained such loss, and to notify the members
of the said corporation of the same, and if at the ex-
piration of sixty days from the date of such notice,
any member of said corporation shall have failed to
pay his, her or their contribution aforesaid, it shall be
lawful for the said board of directors, upon filing such
statement in the office of the clerk of Baltimore coun-
ty, or with the clerk of such other county or district"
in which such defaulting member or members shall
reside, to cause execution to issue for the said propor-
tion, in the same manner as if a judgment had been
rendered for the same, together with all costs incident
to such proceedings.

Corporate
powers.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said company
shall have and is hereby invested with full power and
authority to make any bye-law or bye-laws, whereby
any member of the said company failing to pay the
interest on his, her, or their premium note or notes,
according to the constitution and bye-laws of the said
company, may be excluded from all benefit of insur-
ance, 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 contrary thereof, in anywise not-
withstanding.

May rescind
policies.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the said company
shall have full power and authority to rescind or re-
voke any policy of insurance by them issued, when-
ever they shall deem it for the interest of said com-
pany so to do.

Applications
to be made in
writing.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That all applications for
insurance in the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, in
Baltimore county, shall be made in writing, and signed
by the party or parlies making such application, and
that such signature shall be deemed a full assent to
the charter, constitution, and bye-laws of said com-
pany.

Married wo-
men may insure
with assent of
husband.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That it may and shall
be lawful for any married woman, with the assent of
her husband, signified by his signature to the appli-
cation for insurance, to apply for, and have insurance
in said company, on the property of said married wo-
man, and that the premium note given by such mar-
ried woman and her husband, shall be a lien upon
the real estate so insured, and shall be as binding and
effectual upon such married woman as if she were
sole and unmarried.