512          JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS          [Feb. 28,

"Section 7. And be it enacted, That the constitution and by-
laws of the said company, shall be made only by the concurrent
vote of at least two-thirds of the whole board of directors, ex-
clusive of the President, and any amendment or alteration of the
constitution or by-laws, shall be made only by a general meeting
of the members of the company, convened in pursuance of pub-
lic 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 be necessary to decide any such amendment or
alteration; 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."

Section 8th, line 2nd, strike out the word "may" and insert
"shall;"                                                                         

In 3rd line of same section strike out "to;"             

Section 5th, line 4th after "William J. Harrison" insert "A. R.
Sollers, Joseph Griffis, James T. Wall, Hammond Stewart, Lew-
is Griffith, and John T. Turner."

Strike out section 12, and insert:

"Section 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 or
wards of such guardian may own, either jointly with others, or
in severally; and such insurance shall have the same lien and
the same effect in all respects as if such minors were of full age
and had made such insurance themselves; provided the consent
of the Orphans' Court of the city or county in which said guar-
dian or guardians were appointed shall be first had and obtained."

Section 13. And be it further enacted, That in any suit at law
or in equity, by or against said company, no member thereof shall

on that account, if he be not a party to such suit in his or her in-
dividual capacity, be incompetent as a witness for or against said

company.                                   

Which were severally adopted;                                  

The said bill was then read the second time.             

On motion of Mr. Daniel,

The bill in reference to the House of Refuge,                       

Was made the order of the day for Saturday.

The hour having arrived for the consideration of the bill enti-
tled, an act to establish and endow an Agricultural College in the
State of Maryland;