The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-06-26

agent, to be recorded at the cost of such
agent, in book to be specially procured
for that purpose, which appointment shall
continue until some other agent shall be
in like manner appointed in his place, and
the appointment certified and recorded as
aforesaid:
Sec 1903. And be it enacted, That said
company shall also file in said Clerks Of
fee TO be recorded as aforesaid, a cerlif
ed copy of its charter, together with a
statement under the oath of the President
or Vice-President and Secretary, and to
be renewed annually in the month of
January of each year, setting forth the
name of the company, and the place
where located, the amount of capital, and
the amount actually paid in, with de-
tailed statement of its assets and its in
debtedness, the amount of losses adjusted
end unpaid, the amount incurred and in
process of adjustment, and any other
claims existing against the company; and
in the case Of life insurance companies,
the said certificate shall contain a state
ment under the oaths OF said certifying
officers, that the said company has in
vested in good securities, naming them,
an amount equal TO that required of SINH
lar companies authorized to be incorpo-
rated under this Article, al d that such Sc.
curties are held in trust, and by whom,
for the benefit of persons who may effect
insurance in said company. The first
certificate herein required shall be filed by
all companies doing business in this State,
on or before the first day Of July, eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight, and any person
who shall after the first day of July, eigll-
teen hundred and sixty-eight, act as agent
of any insurance company which has not
complied with the provisions in this sec
ton contained, shall be subject to pen,
atty of five hundred dollars for every day
he shall SO act, to be recovered as other
fines and penalties are recovered in this
State, one-half to the use of the inlormer,
and one half to the use of the State.
Sec. 104. And be it enacted, That any
corporation formed under this Article, may
insure the property, real, personal or mix
ed, which any married woman may own,
jointly or in severalty, in the same man.
ner as if she was a feme sole, and any
guardian may, with the assent Of the Or
phans' Court, by which he shall have been
appointed, insure il. any company formed
under this Article, any property which the
ward or wards Of such guardian may
own, either jointly or in severaty, and
such insurance shall have the same effect
in all respects as if the minor whose prop
erty is thus insured were. of full age, and
had made such insurance himself. .st
Sec. 105., And be it enacted, That ev-
cry insurance company formed under the
provisions of this Article, shall annually
in the month of January, cause to be
made and certified to be true under the
oath or affirmation Of the President or
other chief officer thereof, full state
ment of its affairs, showing its assets and
liabilities, and of what each consists,
which statement shall be published once
week for three successive weeks, in at
least one. newspaper published in the city
of Baltimore, if said company shall be in
corporated therein, and in one newspaper
in the county where the said company is
incorporated, if incorporated elsewhere
than in the city of Baltimore. ''
Sec. 106. And be it enacted, That any
insurance company not incorporated in
this State, but doing business and having
an agent therein, shall annually in the
month of January, publish in at least one
newspaper in the city of Baltimore, for
the period aforementioned, statement
made and certified as above provided.
Sec. 107. And be it enacted, That cor
porations for making turnpike or plank
roads or passenger railways outside Of
the limits Of the city of Baltimore, and
not exceeding twelve miles in length for
any one road in this State, may be form
ed as hereinbefore provided. Turnpike
or plank roads or passenger railway may
be constructed on the bed of any county
road, or on part of the bed thereof, the
consent of the County Commissioners Of
the county in which said road may lie
having been first given in writing, and re-
corded among the proceedings of said
County Commissioners, and also recorded
in the book or journal of proceedings Of
said corporation. The location of the
bed of any part of said county road may
be changed by said corporation for the
purpose of better construction of said
turnpike or plank road or passenger rail-
way, provided the land to be occupied be
obtained by agreement with the owners
thereof, or by condemnation; at least 6f
teen feet in width of the bed of any turn
pike road shall be covered with broken
stone or gravel, or other hard or durable
material, to the depth of at least twelve
inches, unless the natural bed be hard,
and the bed Of any plank road shall be
well and securely laid, and covered with
plank or wood for the same width.
Sec. 108. And be it enacted, That
when any turnpike or plank road or pas
senger railway shall have been finished
one mile in length, the President and Di-
rectcrs shall report to the County Com
mssioners Of the county in which it may
lie, under the oath of the President and q
majority ofthe Directors and Of the Treas
urer of the corporaton. the actual cost OF