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over three hundred acres, twenty-five cents for
examining every certificate of rc-suryey up to
one hundred acres, three dollars for examining
every certificate of re-Survey of from one hum
dred to two hundred acres, three dollars and
fifty cents for examining every certificate of
re-survey of from two hundred to three hundred
acres, four dollars for examining every Certit-
cate of re-survey for every one hundred acres
over three hundred, fifty cents for examining
every paper accompanying certificate of survey
or rc-survey, twenty-five cents for entering
caveat, ifty-cents for filing every paper, ten
cents for every certificate of award of soldiers
lots scvcnty-tive cents for making all copies,
per one hundred words, thirteen cents for
every seal, twenty-five cents.
Section .. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
EDWARD DLOYD.
President of the Senate.
FETTER 5. HOBLITZELL,
Speaker Of the House of Delegates.
Approved April l, ISIS.
JOHN LEE CARROLL,
Governor of Maryland.
We hereby certify, that the aforegoing is
correct copy Of an act passed the General
Assembly of Maryland, at the January ses-
sion, 1879.
AUGusTUs GAssAwAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk House Of Delegates.
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reside but the taxes assessed for State, county
| or municipal purposes, shall be collected from
such bank or Incorporated Institution, and when
50 paid may be charged by such bank or incor-
porated institution. to the account of such
stockholders respectively.
Section 1872. As soon as the State Tax Com
missioner shall have valued and assessed the
shares in the several banks and other corpora
tions in this State he shall certify and return
the said valuation to the Comptroller OF the
Treasury, who shall at once proceed to notify
the president cashier or other proper officer OF
such banks or other corporations of the said
valuation and assessment of their shares respec-
lively, by transmitting to such president or
other officer, an account of the State taxes duo
from such bank or other corporation under such
valuation and assessment, by mail under cover,
fairly directed to such president or other officer,
and shall note in book the date OF placing in
the mail the envelope or cover containing such
account. If no appeal be taken within thirty
DAYS from such transmission, the said valuation
and assessment shall be final, but any such bank
or corporation may within thirty days after
such notification, appeal from such valuation to
the Comptroller of the Treasury, and State Trea-
surer, sta,ing in such appeal the reasons and
grounds of such appeal, and said Comptroller
and Treasurer shall consider the same, and if the
Comptroller and Treasurer shall both be of
opinion that such valuation and assessment so
made by the State Tax Commissioner Is errOne-
Gus, and ought to be changed, they shall
change the same accordingly and the valuation
and assessment so agreed upon by the Comp
troler and Treasurer shall be final, but if
either the Comptroller Treasurer shall agree
with the State Tax Commissioner as to the cor
rectness of the valuation made by him, then
such appeal shall be dismissed, and the original
valuation shall be and remain rs the true vaua-
ton of such shares, and all laws, or parts of
laws, inconsistent with the provisions Of these
sections, are hereby repealed.
Section >. And be it enacted, That th. act
shall take effect from and after the date Of its
passage.
FETTER s. AOBLiTZELL.
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
EDWARD LLOYD,
President Of the Senate.
Approved March 90 1873
JOHN LEE CARROLL
Governor.
We hereby certify, that the atoregoing is
correct copy Of an act passed the General
Assembly Of Maryland, at the January Ses-
sion, 1873.
MILTON y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk House Of Delegates.
AUGUSTUS GAssAwAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
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lCIIAPTER 415. |
CLERKS or COTRTS.
AN ACT

tLERhS or % & hIH.
AN ACT
TO repeal and re-enac. section five of article
eighteen, OF the Code of Public General
Laws entitled CLERKS Of Courts" as re-
enacted by an Act passed at January session,
eighteen hundred and sixty-tiyr, chapter
five.
Section |. Be it enacted by the General As
semblv of Maryland, That section five Of ar
ticle eighteen, of the Code of Public General
Laws, entitled CLERKS of Courts" as re-enactcd
at the January session CT the General Assem-
hly of MARYLAND, eighteen hundred and sixty
five, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments, to read rs fol-
lows.
Sec. 3. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Mary land, That the clerk OF the courts
of this State may issue an execution on Judg-
meut or decree, at any time after the rendition
thereof, directed to the sheriff OF another
comfy. whether "a return of aRilu b0qd to a
writ of execution issued to the sheriff Of the
county or city wherein the said judgment or
,lt cree was rendered, has been made or not
which writ of execution issued and directed to
the sheriff of another comfy, shall be made
returnabIe to the Circuit Court OF the county
to which it NAV be sent, and if sent to the
Citv Of Baltimore, returnable to the Superior
court of said city, and there shall be sent
Herewith by the clerk Issuing the same, to
the clerk of the court to which said writ shall
be returnable, copy of the docket entries in
the case upon which the court may proceed on
said execution, by renewal or otherwise, in
the same manner as if said execution had is
sued on judgment or decree rendered in said
court, and on attachments on judgment or de-
crees, shall be regarded az an execution, the
meaning of this section proridcd nesertheIess,
that no execution or attachment on judgment
shall be issued and directed to another coun-
ty. if there has been no return of nulla bona,
until the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or his or their
attorney of record, shall make and file with the
clerks Issuing the same, an affidavit that he or
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they are unable to discover in the county OF
city where the Judgment or decree has been
obtained property from which the same can
be realized; and, prorided, further, that nc
judgment or decree shall be Il lien upon rea
estate situated in another county from that
wherein the said judgment or decree was OBJ
tanned, or in the city of Baltimore, except from
the date of tho entry of the copy of the docket
entries by the clerk OF the court 20 which the
said writ shall be returnable.
Sec. >. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
FETTER S. HOBLITZELL,
Speaker of the House ofDelegates.
EDWARD LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
Approved April 9TH 1878.
JOHN LEE CARROLL,
Governor of Maryland.
We hereby certify that the atoregoing is Il cor
rect copy of an act passed at the General
Assembly of Maryland, at the January SEES
sion, 1873.
MILTON y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates
AUGUSTUS GAssAwAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
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(H1f IEH ~ IN > Il ND ~ 4 ~.
AN ACT
To authorize the Comptroller and Treasurer to
adjust and settle the accounts of the State
against the Chester River Steamboat Com
pany.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That the Comptroller and
the Treasurer be, and they are hereby, author
lied and empowered, to adjust, compromise and
settle the accounts of the State of Maryland
against the Chester River Steamboat Company
up to the first day of January, eighteen hundred
and seventy eight, and TO give to said company,
in settlement, such credits as they may deem to
be just and right.
Sec. g And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date Of its passage.
EDWARD LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
FETTER S. HOBLlTZELL,
Speaker Of the lIousc Of Delegates.
Approved April LIST, 1878.
JOHN LEE CARROLL,
Governor.
We hereby certify that the ateregoing is a cor
rect copy of an act of assembly passed at Jan
uarv session. 1878.
AUGUSTUS GAsSAWAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
MuToS Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk the House Of Delegates.
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|CHAPTER 421.
ELECTIONS.
AN ACT

70 repeal and re-enact with amendments sec
tions forty-nne and ffty-one Of article thirty
five, of the Code of Public General Laws,
title "Elections," subtitle Especial Elec-
tons"
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
semby of Maryland. That sections forty nine
and ffty-one, of article thirty five, of the Code
Of Public General Laws, title elections, "
subtitle Especial Elections" be and the same
are hereby repealed. and the following be en-
acted in lieu thereof:
Sec 40. Warrants for all special elections
shall be issued to the sheriff of the county or
city where the election is to be held, who shall
shall give at least ten days notice thereof, ex-
elusive OF the day of publication and day OF
election, by advertisements set up at the most
public places within each district of the coun e
| ty, and by advertisements i'll two newspaper
of general circulation in such county. In the
city of Baltimore ten days previous notice
shall be given in the manner herein prescribed
of all special elections, whether for federal,
State or municipal officers.
Sec 81. Such elections shall be held within
fifteen days after the warrant shall be received
by the sheriff.
Sec 9. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage
FETTER S. IIOBLITZELL,
Speaker of the House of Delegates
EDWARD LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
Approved April 3, 1873,
JOHN LEE CARROLL,
Governor of Maryland.
We hereby certify that the atoresoing is a cor
rect copy of an act passed at the General AS
sembly of Maryland at the January ses
sion, 1873.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates
UGUSTUs GAsSAWAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
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lCnAprER 1871
7
BOUND AIRY LINE.
AN ACT

To authorize the appointment OF Commissioners
to adjust and settle tie boundary line between
West Virginia and Maryland.
WurRgAs by the Act of eghtet n hundred and
ffty-two, chapter two hundred and seventy
five the Governor of N ry land was empower
cd TO correspond with the Governor OF NIr-
yiuia with view to locate, run and mark the
line between said States, heginuing at Fairfax
Stone and running due north to the IenlSyl-
yanja line for reasons sci fort in The preamble
II said act of eighteen hundred and firly-lwo ;
and,
Whereas. Commissioners were appointed by the
Governors Of Virginia and Marylan fer said
purpose ard,
Uhertds said Commissioners did meet at the
place Of beginning, namely Fairfax Stone, in
September, eighteen hundred and hfIy-eight,
and with Lieutenant Michier, Of the United
States Corps of Engineers, proceeded to locate,
run and mark said line between the places OF
beginning Fairfax Stone and the Pennsy lvania
line, and make report to their respective States,
in eighteen hundred and sixty, and also dellv-
cred to their respective States field books, plates
and Geographical charts of the same, for the
purpose OF ratifying and establishing the line
between said States and,
Uhereas the war between the States prevented
any further action under said Commissioners +;
and as a further result, caused the organization
of the State Of Vest Virginia and,
Whereas. there are now strong reasons for the
ratification and permanent settlement OF said
line between Maryland and Yves! Virginia I;
therefore,
Section l. Be it enacted 10y the General AS
sembly OF Maryland That the Governor be, and
he is Hereby requested to open correspondence
with the Governor Of West Virginia, with Il
view to the establishment and ratification Of the
line between the States OF West Virginia and
,1-..tt Il loo. f.IIl l,N-t "a
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CHAPTER 23S.
TO AETUORIZE 4 LOAN.
AN ACr
AN ACT

TO Authorize 4 LOAN.
AN ACT
10 authorize loan to relieve the Treasury
from losses accruing from the failure of GER
tain sources of revenue, and also to authorize
sale of certain bonds of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road Company therein referred
Whereas losses have accrued 10 the revenues OF
the State from the failure Of the Susquehan
ma and Tide Water Canal Companies, to
nav the interest on the mortgages due the
State and from the failure of the Baltimore
md Ohio Rail Road Company, to pay any
portion of the amount due the State from the
one fifth of the receipts from passengers on
its Washington Branch Road, and also from
the failure to pay the accustomed dividends
on the stock of the State, in the said Wash
ington Branch Road and,
Whereas, it is necessary, in order TO relieve
the State Treasury from the effects of said sey-
eral losses, to create loan for that purpose
therefore,
Section l. Be it enacted by the Geneal As
sembly of Mary land, That loan be- and is
hereby created, to be called the Treasury Re
lief Loan, and the Treasurer of the tie Is
hereby authorized and directed TO issue certi-
ticates of debt, or bonds of the State, to an
amount not exceeding hVe huhdred thouSahu
dollars, TO be coun.erslgned by the Comptrol-
Ter, in the name ana on Dehail oi the o'''e VI
MARYLAND, which bonds or certificates shall
bear interest," d, 'he i"e. VI ~ ~ - G.',
annum' Payaole seil' t ' I ,'lu 10 ,i,
OF January anu ''le ny u''' w. -. ,I"'s
each year, an" NC ~ | 81 a., ,x
ure OF Inc o'@'e' III NO. ies ai,' aa,t honi
more IMAM Nlteeh ye"i'' ""u ru'o,i ."I' .I
or ceriilcales sial DC eoiu iTi n.y. ;
their FACE Vai"e' I y. a., ,t T.aaa.,, ~
ana inc proceeds f"''eu 1'', ,o 'no ,i"i, Eanl
reimburse the same 'o' '"' io''e' "'''N''
80 occurred 'ilefe'o'
Sec. .. And be 1t enacted; mat Il speciai
tax OF one and one-haii cents oe' ana tiie s'iiiG
is hereby laid on eacl anu every out Haa,a ~
dollars OF inc taA"ple piopeiIs ~ 10y ~
niee' 'ie ,:r .Lo Lnnd, or cort,6cataa of
the redemption Oh inc oo,'uS vi , H., VI
uep'' neieii iI ~ a,rn,Ilv LIVED collected
and Maid over to the State Treasurer, until the
debt created by this act shall have been paid,
and distinct ana separate account 'iii:'' pe
kept 'heIeoi' anu Wv rr nf ,i'o iotarast
49,, Ipa;mai Of The sid bonds or certificates
of debt, and for that purpose, SO much thereof
as NAV be nece ssary shall be applied to the
payment OF the interest upon said bonds or Ger
titicates of debt, and the balance invested ny
the Treasurer in such manner as the increment
OF the sinking fund OF the o'"te Is ""'''o'l~e"
by law to be invested
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{CHAPTER lib.
HETENTE IND IA NEG.
AN ACT

AN ACT
TO amend the second subsection of the act Of
eishteen hundred and seyenty-iour, chapter
four hundred and eighty three, entitled, An
Act to repeal article eighty one of ihe Code
of public General Laws of the State of
MARYLAND, entitled "Reyeuue and Taxes"
and to re-enact the same with amendments,
rs the said second subsection was amended
by the first and seventeenth sections Of the
Act Of eighteen hundred and seventy six
chapter two hundred and sixty, entitled
can act to provide for the general vaIua-
lion and assessment of property in this
State" and to rc-enact said second sub-sec-
ton OF the act Of eighteen hundred and
seventy four, chapter four hundred and
eighty three, as 81 amended, in new and
amended form; and also to amend the third
subsection of the said act Of eighteen hun
dred and seventy four, chapter four hundred
and eighty-three, IA amended by the act Of
eighteen hundred and seventy six, chapter
three hundred and forty, entitled an act to
repeal sub-aectiOna three, four and twenty
one Of section three of chapter four hundred
and eighty-lhrec, of the acts of eighteen
hundred and seventy four, entitled an act
to repeal article eighty one Of the Code OF
Public General Laws of the State Of Mary
land, entitled "Revenue and Taxes" and to
e rcenact the same with amen lments and re.
eu&ct the same 50 as TO read as follows, and to
re-enact said third subsection as so amend
cd, il Il new and amended form.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland, That the second sub-sec-
ton of the act Of eighteen hundred and seventy
four chapter four hundred and eighty three,
entitled "An act TO repeal article eghty-one of
the Code Of Public Genera! Laws of the State
Of Maryland, entitled "Rerenue and Taxes
and to re-enact the same with amendments as
the said second subsection was amended by
the first and seventeenth sections of the act of
eighteen hundred and seventy six, chapter two
hundred and sixty, cutitlei AN act to provide
for the general valuation and assessment of
in this State" and that the third sub
section OF the said act of eighteen hundred
and seventy four, chapter four hundred and
eighty three, as amended by the act Of eigh-
teen hundred and seventy six, chapter three
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[CuAPTER 424.
TERRA APP

TERR4PLNS.
AN ACT
To protect diamond back terrap;ns in the wa
tiers of the State of Maryland, and to regu-
| late the catching of the same.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General AS
| sembly of Maryland, That hereafter it shall be
| unlawful for any person 10 take or catch dia-
mond back terrapins from the waters Of this
State, between the first day of April and the
| first day of November. in each year.
Sec =. Be it enacted, That it shall be I'M
| lawful for any person or persons, to take or
catch from the waters of this State, any dia-
mond back terrapin, of a less size than five
inches in length upon the bottom shell, at any
time.
Sec 8. Be it enacted, That it shall be un-
lawful for any person to interfere with, or in
any manner destroy the diamond back terra
pin eggs.
| Sec. t. Be it enacted, That none but bona
tide citizens of the counties of this State, bor-
dering upon the waters of the same. shall take
or catch diamond back terrapins from said
waters
Sec D. Be it enacted, That any person or
persons violating the provisions of this act,
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
of the Peace, in the county IN which the of-
tense shall have been committed, he, she, or
they shall be find sum not less than five nor
more than ten d0llars for each diamond back
terrapn SO taken or caught, or for destroying
any diamond back terrapin eggs, one-half of
said fine to go 10 the infClmer, and the balance
to be paid over by the said Justice Of the
Peace to the County Commissioners Of said
county, TO be by them disbursed for the benefit
OF said county, said fine 10 be collected az other
fines and torieitures are now collected.
Sec 6. BE it enacted That the possession OF
any diamond back terrapin, by any person or
persons, within the time prescribed by this act,
prohibiting the taking and catching Of the
same shall be deemed prima facia evidence
that said person or persons have violated the
provisions Of this act.
Sec. !. Be il enacted, That the constabes
Of the several counties of this Stale, shall, upon
the Information Of any one, arrest all persons
violating the provisions of this act, and carry
them before the nearest Justice Of the Peace of
! The county, wherein such offence shall have
been committed, to be dealt with in accord
ance With the provisions of section five of this
act.
See. S. Be it enacted, That this Act -haIl
take effect from the date Of its passage.
FETTER $. HOBLlIZELL,
Speaker ofthe House of Delegates.
EDWARD LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
Approved April 9Th, 1878.
JOHN LEE CARROLL,
Governor of Maryland
We hereby certify, that the aioregoing is cor
rec. copy Of an act passed at the January
session, 1873.
AUGUSTUS GAssAwAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk House OF Delegates.
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TCHApTER 453.
BOUNDARY LINE.

AN ACT

Providing for copying and distributing the
mans ACCOMPANYING the award of Commits
siouers to settle the boundary line between
the States of Maryland and Virginia, filed
the nineteenth day Of January, eighteen
hundred and seventy-scven.
Section |. Be it enacted by the General AS
semblv of Maryland, That the Commissioner
of the Land Office be, and he is hereby author
lied and directed to have made under his
hand and seal, and under the hand and seal OF
the Governor of Mary land, thirty copies OF
the map accompanying the award OF commas
sioners to settle the boundary line between the
States of MARYLAND and Virginia, filed the nine
teenth day of January, eighteen hundred and
seventy-seven, prorided the cost OF the same
shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and
fifty dollars.
Sec. >. And be it enacted, That one copy
shall be sent to the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for each of the counties of the State, and Bal
timore city, one copy to the Maryland Histor-
ical Society, one copy to the Peabody Institute
one copy to the Johns Hopkins University,
and one copy to the Library of Congress, and
that the Comptroller of the State be, and he Is
hereby authorized to issue, upon the certlhcate
of the Commissioner of the Land Office, his
warrant upon the Treasurer for the sum OF one
hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
FETTER S. HOBLITZELL,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
EDWARD LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
Approved April 9TH, 1873
JOHN LEE CARROLL,
Governor of Maryland.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a cor
rect copy of an act passed at January ses-
sion, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight
AUGUSTUS GAsSAWAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
MILTON y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk House of Delegates
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AN ACT

To repeal and re-enact with anne adms
eighth section of the thirty-eight rttc
Code of Public General Iaws, title
Officers"
Section /. Be it enacted by the Genera
sembly of Maryland, That the eighth sect
the thirty-eighth article Of the Code Of Z
General Laws, title Gees of Offices:
the same is hereby repealed and re-enlcf4
amendments, so as to read as follows
8. Each clerk and register of wills on
into Office, shall complete all the mil
business which shall lie in his Office un
by his predecessor, within the six monthl
in the preceding section, and such clerk q
ter shall be allowed the usual fees for, 30
the same to be paid by said predecess ~
last official bond OF said predecessor
spcnsble for same in cases where sal
sor has received the fees therefor, and
where the fees have not been receive
said predecessor, such clerk or regis
pleting said business shall be enutlq
fees therefor, and shall collect the same
parties owing the same in the like mi
lie collects other fees for similar ser leg
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That zig
take effect from the date of its pass re
EDWARD LLOYD,
President of the Sena
FETTER S. HOBLITZEl
Speaker of the House q
Approved April list, 1873.
JOHN LEE CARROLL,
Governor of MI
We hereby certify that the aforegoin
rect copy of an act of Assembly pa
uary session, 1878.
AUGUSTUS GAss.
Secretary of
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of the House o.