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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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 constituted by each member to make good
the said loss to the person having sustained the
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 the 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 St. Mary's or Charles
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 been rendered for the same, to-
gether with all costs incidental to such proceed-
ing.

Authorised to
make by-laws.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said com-
pany shall have and is hereby invested with full
power and authority to make any by-law or by-
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 constitu-
tion and by-laws of the said company, may be
excluded from all benefits of insurance, and at
the same time held liable to contribute 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 any wise
notwithstanding.

Authorised to
rescind or re-
voke.

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

Reservation.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the Legisla-
ture reserves to itself the right to change, alter
or annul this act of incorporation at pleasure.

Married
women may in-
sure.

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 application for insurance, to apply for and
have insurance in said company on the property