E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1852.

may be selected by the board of directors, or a majority

of them; at all such elections each member shall have
one vote, and may vote either in person or by proxy.

CHAP. 137.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the constitution
and by-laws of the said company shall only be made
by the concurrent vole of at least two-thirds of the
whole board of directors, exclusive of the president,
and any amendment or alteration of the constitution or
by-laws shall only be made by a general meeting of
the members of the company convened, in pursuance

of public notice, as in cases of election for direc-
tors, when each member present shall have one vote,
and two-thirds of the votes thus given shall decide, and
any amendment or alteration of the constitution or by-
laws that may be thus made shall be binding on all the
members of the company.

To make con-
stitution and
by-laws.

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 specified in
the said written requisition, and any resolutions or pro-
ceedings 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 directors and members

of the company.

General meet-
ings.

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 meet-
ing, 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 each
member to make good said loss to the person having
sustained said loss, and to notify the members of the
said corporation of the same, and if, at the expiration 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 the Circuit Court, of Anne
Arundel County, or with the clerk of such other county
or district in which such defaulting member or mem-
bers shall reside, to cause execution to issue for the said
proportion, in the same manner as if a judgment had

Contributions
of members.