THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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necessary to decide any such amendment or alter-
ation; and any amendment or alteration of the
constitution or by-laws that may be thus made,
shall be binding on all the members of said
company.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That whenever loss
shall occur, which the company is liable to pay,
the board of Directors shall, at their next meet-
ing after which they shall have been notified of
such loss, cause an accurate estimate and state-
ment to be made of the proportion or sum to be
contributed by each member to make good such
loss, and shall cause the members to be notified in
writing of the same, and if at the expiration of
sixty days from the date of such notice, any
member shall have failed to pay his, her or their
contribution aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the
board of Directors to file a statement thereof,
with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Calvert
county, who shall thereupon issue execution for
the said proportion, and all the costs of the pro-
ceedings, in like manner as if judgment had been
rendered for the same.

In case of loss
for which the
company is lia-
ble.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the said com-
pany shall have, and is hereby invested with full
power to make any by-law or by-laws, whereby
any member failing to pay the interest on his,
her or their premium note or notes, according to
the constitution and by-laws of the company,
may be excluded from all benefit of insurance.

Invested with
power.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the said com-
pany shall have full power to rescind or revoke
any policy of insurance issued by them, when-
ever they shall deem it for the interest of the
company so to do.

May revoke
policy of insur-
ance.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That it shall and
may be lawful for any married woman, with the
assent of her husband, signified by his signature
to the application for an insurance, to apply for
and have insurance from said company, on any
houses, buildings or personal property, which he
may own, either jointly with others or in sever-
alty, just as fully as a feme, sole.

Married wo-
men may apply
for insurance.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That any
guardian of an infant or infants may insure,
under the provisions of this act, any houses,
buildings or personal property which the ward

Guardians may
insure.