184 ARTICLE 1.

An. Code, sec. 13. 1904, sec. 13. 1888, sec. 11.

14. The word county shall be construed to include the city of Baltimore,
unless such construction would be unreasonable.

This section applied. Frederick County v. Frederick City, 88 Md. 659; Chappell
v. Lacy, 77 Md. 173.
See art. 75, sec. 181.

An. Code, sec. 14. 1904, sec. 14. 1888, sec. 12. 1888, ch. 36.

15. The word person shall include corporation, unless such a con-
struction would be unreasonable.

In the light of this section, the mayor and city council of Baltimore is included in
the word " persons," as used in sec. 179 of the city charter in conferring the right of
jury trial. Patterson v. Baltimore, 127 Md..237.

Art. 23, sec. 219, Code 1912, relating to licenses of insurance brokers, held not to
apply to corporations; the rule of construction announced in this section cannot over-
ride the legislative intent. Shehan v. Tanenbaum, Son & Co., 121 Md. 286; State
Tax Commission v. Harrington, 126 Md. 168; Keller v. State, 122 Md. 682.

This section applied to statutes providing that persons residing in one county but
doing business in another, may be sued in either. Henderson v. Maryland, etc., Ins.
Co., 90 Md. 49.

This section has no application to municipal corporations. Phillips v. Baltimore,
110 Md. 436.