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CHAPTER pa.
AN ACT To AMEND ARTICLE SIXTEEN OF

4.
An ACT To AMEND ARTICLE SIXTEEN OF
the Code of Public General Laws, title" Chancery,"
subtitle Infants" by adding six additional sec
lions thereto, to come In after section W and 70
be numbered respectively " A,oZ b. o2 I, o2 D.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, That six additional sections be
added TO Article sixteen of the Code of Public Cen
eral Laws. title Chancery," subtitle lnfar ts," to
come in after Section 62, to read as follows:
81 A. The several Chancery Courts of this state
city or county where such application is made,
shall have power to pass decree declaring any
minor child the adopted child of the petitioner.
upon such reasonable notice to the parent or
parents guardian guardians of such child If any
there be by summons order OF publication or
otherwise as the court may order to be given; pro-
come satisfied, upon careful investigation, that
the best interests and welfare OF such child viii be
thereby promoted, and provided further that the
child If of sufficient intelligence and capacity to
81 b. The husband and wife may file petit1on
Jointly praying the TO decree the adoption by
them jointly OF any child, but no decree OF adop,
tion shall pass where tho petitioner is married
person unless it be shown that the husband wife
of the petitioner consents to the adoption. or Is
hopeIessly insane, or that the parties are living
apart under such circumstances would enuitle
the petitioner to adivorce.
G. G. The effect of such decree OF adoption
shall be to enttle the child adopted TO tn; same
rights of inheritance and distribution to The Pc
tiioners estate, and the rights of protection
education and maintenance as if born to such pc
titioner in lawful wedlock, and the natural PARENTS
of such child shall be freed from all legal obliga-
lions toward it provided that where such child in
herits property from its adopted parent parents
upon its dying interstate without issue the prop
erty thus inherited shall descend and be distributed
to the same persons who would take the same by
inheritance and in course OF distribution II the
child had been the child of the adopted parents
ever that this shall not be construed to limit or in
| terfere with the power of disposition over such
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AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION THIRTY TWO
of Article ninety-three, title stamentry Law"
Subtitle administration" of the Code OF
Public General Laws and to re-enact tine same
with amendments.
SECTION /. Be i enacted by the General Assem-
Gle ninety three, title "Testamentary Law" SUBJ
title administration" of the Code of Public Cen
eral Laws be and the same Is hereby repealed and
reenacted with amendments as to read as
81 If the intestate be a married woman, and
her personal property, including therein all chooses
in action, shall deyolve upon her husband abso-
lutely and it shall not in such case be necessary
for him to administer upon her estate in order to
pass title to him. unless he shall be liable in law for
debts owing ny her put no title wnafeSeT TO sncn
said husband when administration Is not necessary
except by an order of the Orphans Court declaring
the same. Upon application OF the said husband
the court shall pass order nisi, which shall be
published in SUCH manner and for such time as the
court, in its discretion may prescribe, and which at
ter the expiration of said notice. shall be finally
ratified by said court unless cause to the contrary
has been shown but If the intestate be q married
woman and leaves child or children or descend
ants her personal estate, including all chooses in
action, shall deyolye upon administrator or admin
tributed by the Orphans Court to the husband for
his life and longer, and after his death then to
her children and descendants, per stripes, and 1t
the said administration to direct the mode in which
the said estate shall be invested SO as best to Sc
cure the rights of children or others Interested
after the expiration of the life estate; and the
whole of said personal estate shall be subject to
the orders of the Orphans Court and shall not be
of an order or decree duly passed by said court.
SEC. p And be it further enacted, That this act
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a cor.
rect copy of an act of the General Assembly of
Maryland passed January session, 1 S9y2;Nr1,
CARLTON sHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
Approved by the Governor, Apr1l z, 1897.
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AN ACT TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT WITH
amendments Section three hundred and thirty
lie General Laws, title sTestamentary Law, sub
title ''Wils,' as amended by act of the General
netV cbanter four ah hundred ana
IAN act 10 repeal and re-enact with amendments
Sections three hundred and thirty anu three
Of the Code of Pnblic General Laws title FIESTA
SECTION /. Be IL enacted by the General Assem-
oily of Maryland, That Section three hundred and
thirtyfour of Article ninety three OF the Code OF
subtitle Wills. as amended by an act of the Cen
eral Assembly Of Maryland of eighteen hundred
and ninety, Chapter four hundred and sixteen, en-
titled AN act to repeal and re-enact with amend.
ments Sections three hundred and thirty one and
three hundred and thirty four OF Article ninety
three of the Code OF Public General laws" title
Parliamentary Law" subtitle swills;" be and the
lents SO as to read as follows:
334. In proving will or codicil all the wit
ance can be had. and the Register of Wills of any
county or of the City of Baltimore. where any Will
his when directed so to do by an order of the Or
phans' Court, may examine and take the deposition
bf any all of the witnesses thereto who from any
cause cannot conveniently attend at the office of
said Register of Wills. wherever he may find such
witness or witnesses, whether within the state OF
Maryland or beyond its jurisdictions; provided that
before the original will is taken from the office of
proved the said register shall cause to be made
out and fled among the records OF his court a
copy OF said will duly certified under the seal of his
court, and the probate of any will so taken shall
have the same effect and be valid If all of the
witnesses thereto had appeared before and been
ahmed by the Orphans Court the Register of
Wills of the county or city where the same had
been filed for probate and record provided further
that the Orphans Court may, in their discretion.
accept proof of any will, in the manner prescribed
In Section 337 of this article when the attendance
of the witnesses thereto cannot in the judgment OF
said court. be conveniently had.
SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a correct
copy of an act of the General Assembly of Mary
land, passed January session. 1892
W. q. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
Approved by the Governor, March 10, 1892
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such creditors would have had in such interest
estate had been Sold conveyed, assigned. mort.
gagged, leased, transferred delivered. devised
or bequeathed by such husband directly TO such
third person.
And the fact of such previous sale, conveyance,
assignment, mortgage, lease or delivery by such
husband, directly Indirectly to his wife, or the
recital thereof in any instrument of writing what
ever, shall not hereafter be deemed or taken. at
law or in equity. to give or import. nor to have
given or imported notice to any third person, his
heirs, executors, admin strators assfgnees, of
the existence, or of the possibility or probability
of the existence of any subsisting creditor or
creditors of sucn husband; provided that this act
shall not apply to any action suit or clause at law
or in equity pending, nor 10 any that may be
instituted on or before the first day of January,
eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in reference to
any such sale. conveyance, assignment mortgage,
lease or delivery made on or prior to the passage
OF this act.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify that the aforegofng is cor.
rect copy of act of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed January session, 1892.
w. G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
Approved by the Governor, April z, 1892.
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CHAPTER Al.
AN ACT TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT WITH
amendments Section twelve of Article forty-eight
of the Code of Public General Laws, title IN
spectIons," subtitle :. Tobacco, as the same was
repealed and re-enacted by the acts OF eighteen
hundred and ninety, Chapter two hundred and
siNty-two. and TO add an additional section 10
said article, under said subtitle, to be known as
Section IL A, providing for tne storage OF goous,
warehouses.
bly, of Maryland, That section twelve OF Article
forty-eiglt OF the Code of Public General Laws.
title Inspections subtitle "Tobacco, as the
same repealed and re-enacted by the acts OF
eighteen hundred and ninety, Chapter two hundred
and siXty-two. be and the same Is hereby repealed
and re-enacted SO to read as follows:
H. Warehouses Numbers one and two shall DC
consolidated under one management. to he known
as .'Number one :" and warehouses unDerS three
and four consolidated in like manner to be known
as .Number Three. except in the case hereinafter
provided for) and Number five shall remain as as
present. and. the inspectors OF such warehouses
under their personal supervision as before re-
quired when, however. warehouses Numbers one,
three and five shall become so hlled with TOBACCO
as to render the operation thereof dtftcult, or
there is prospect of such crops of tobacco as will
overcrowd the same, the inspectors shall report
the facts to the Governor OF the state, and II u
shall appear to the Governor that the necessities VI
the case require it he shall appoint additional IN
spectors for warehouses Numbers two and fonr, or
for only one of them, his Judgment may dictate.
and such inspectors snail appoint the neeesssaIy
mess thereof, and such clerks, screwlnen and a-
horers shall be under the supervision and dlrecton
of the inspector appointed in all respects as ~
warehouse, Numbers one. three and five: provided,
however. that til. Governor be and he Is hereby au.
thorized to re-arrange the consolidation OF SAID
warehouses in such manner will, IN his Judgment,
thereof. and provided further that i the Gov
ernor. after careful investigation shall determine
that the amount OF tobacco On hand and in pros
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and summoned, the court at the beginning Of the
term for which they were drawn and summoned
shall select and appoint one foreman OF the
Grand Jury. and shall direct the clerk OF SAID
court to legibly write upon ballots the names or
the remaining forty-seven jurors and after care
in box with sliding top, and said clerk shall
draw said ballots therefrom one at a time without
looking into said box, and the first twenty-five
names drawn with the foreman previously APP
pointed shall constitute the Grand Jury, and the
remaining twenty-five names shall constitute the
Petit Jury for said term of court; whenever va
cancy shall occur in the position OF foreman OF
the Grand Jury. either temporary or permanent
by DEATH absence, sickness or any other cause, the
court shall have power to appoint some otner
member of the Grand Jury as foreman as OFTEN as
the necessity for such appointment shall occur.
If for any reason any person or persons drawn as
Grand Juror or Grand Jurors shall fall 10 attend
and be present at the conclusion OF the drawing,
or be disqualified or excused for cause, the court
shall forthwith proceed to fill such vacancy or va
twenty-five names of those who are present in the
order in which the names were drawn from the
box and may thereupon in its discretion NIL such
vacancy or vacancies thus made in the Petit Jury
names therefor in the manner provided by Section
eight of this Article Gftyone; this section not to
apply to Prince Georges county. except so far as
it authorizes the court TO appoint foreman OF
the Grand Jury when the necessity OF such ap-
pointment occurs.
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is cor
rect COPY of an act of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed January session, 1892
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
Approved by the Governor. March Is, 1892.
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CHAPTER AL.
IAN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION ONEHUNDRED
and nineteen c of the Code of Public General
Laws, title Corporations" subtitle insurance
Companies" as amended by the Act of the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland of 1890, Chapter two
hundred and ffty-four, entitled An act to pre-
vent life insurance companies incorporated under
the laws of other states or countries and doing
business in the state OF Maryland from making
or permitting any distinction or discrimination
in favor of individuals of the same class and equal
expectation of life in the amount of payment OF
premiums rates charged for policies of life en-
dowment insurance." and to re-enact the same
SKcTIoN /. Be it enacted by the General As.
sembly of Maryland, That Section one hundred and
nineteen of the Code Of Public General Laws of
the State of Maryland, title Corporations" sub
title Insurance Companies" be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments
to read as follows:
119 C. Any life insurance company, its agent
or agents, violating Section one hundred and
nineteen one hundred and nineteen of
this act shall be, guilty of a misdemeanor. and
upon conviction thereof the offender offend
ers shall be sentenced to pay fine of five hundred
amount of the insurance is twenty-five thousand
dollars or less, and for every additional twenty i've
thousand dollars of insurance or less there shall
be an additional penalty of hve hundred dollars,
and such offender or offenders shall be prohibited
from doing insurance business in the State of Mary
land until said fine is paid, or the said fine or pen.
the State of Maryland by the states attorney of the
county or city In which such agent or agents may
half of said penalty when reooyered shall be paid
into the Treasury Of the state the other half to the
informer of such violation,
SEC q And be IL enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is correct
copy of an act of the General Assembly of Mary
land passed January session. ass2. prpNpry
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates
ADDrOVed nv the Governor. ADril q, 1877.
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Approved by the Governor, April z, 1892.


CHAPTER OS6. 8
IN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF PUBLIC
General Laws. Article forty-fve, title Husband
and Wife, by adding additional section thereto
to be known as Section twenty under the sub
title of an act to quiet the title to property pass
ing from husband to wife,
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland. That Article forty-iye of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title
.Husband and Wife, be amended by adding an ad-
ditional section thereto to he known as Section
twenty under subtitle of act to quiet the title
to property passing from husband TO wife and TO
read as follows:
SEC 90 That whenever any interest or estate
of any kind any property real personal or Mixed
situate lying or being within this state, has been
or shall hereafter be sold, conveyed, assigned,
mortsaged. leased, transferred delivered by any
husbands directly or indirectly, to his wife, and
has been or shall hereafter be subsequently, sold,
conveyed, assigned. mortgaged, leased, transferred
coYerture, or by such wife after such eoyerture
has terminated. has been or shall hereafter be
subsequently devised or beqneathed by such wife
during such coverture or after such coVerture mas
terminated, the fact ofsuch previous sale convey
ance, assignment, mortgage, lease or detiyery by
such husband, directly or indirectly TO his wife,
shall not hereafter be deemed or taken. az law or
in equity TO have given, preserved or reserved nor
to give, preserve reserve to any suDsstlng cred
itor of such husband by reason OF any debt OF obi
CATION. claim demand whatsoever any other or
greater right. lien cause of action against such
interest or estate against any third person, his
heirs, executors, administrators or asslgnees than
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AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION TWO HUN
DRIED AND THIRrY:FoUR OF Article twenty
seven of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Crimes and Punshments,' subtitle "keceiving
Stolen Goods, Money Securities and to re-
enact the same with amendments.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Mary land, That Section two hundred and
thirty-four of Article twenty-seven of the Code OF
Public General Laws, title Grimes and Punish
ments," subtitle Receiving Stolen Goods Money
or Securities be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted so as to read us follows:
234 Every person who shall be convicted of the
crime of receiving any stolen money, goods or
chattels knowing the same to be stolen, or of the
crime of receiving any bond, bill obligatory, bill of
exchange, pronissory note for the payment of
money bank note. paper bill of credit, certificate
granted by under the authority of this state,
the United States, or any of them, knowing the
to be stolen, shall restore such money. goods
or chattels or things taken and received to the
owner thereof, or make restitution to the value of
the WHOLE such part shall not be restored and
shall undergo a confinement in the Penitentiary for
not less than eighteen months and not more than
ten Q0) years, and such receiver may be prose,
cuted and punished, and although the principal
offenders shall not have been convicted, provided
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Approved by the Governor, February 9. 1892.
CHAPTER ~.

CHAPTER A.
IAN ACT TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL SEC
lions to Article twenty-seven of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title Grimes
and Punishments," subtitle "Faise Pretenses.'
designated as section eightyfour A" and '.sec-
tion eighty four b. relating to frauds and false
sKoTIox i. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland. That two additional sections,
be added to Article twenty.seven Of the Code Of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title Grimes
and Punishments," subtitle False Pretenses" to
follow after Section eighty-four and to read as
81 A. II any person, with intent to cheat or de-
fraud SHALL by any false or fraudulent representa-
ticns, or by any false show of baggage, goods or
chattes, which are calculated to deceive any hotel
proprietor, keeper manager, obtain lodging or
credit in any hotel in this state, and shall subse-
quently refuse. decline fail to pay for his credit
board or lodging. the person so offending shall be
guilty OF n1isdemeanor, and, conviction. be
sentenced to pay fine not exceeding one hundred
term not exceeding three months or both or either
at the discretion OF the court.
"a B. Every person who shall, at any motel, re-
ceiye. cause TO be furnished any food or accom-
mediation. with intent TO defraud the owner,
the value or price of such food or odation)
and every person who shall obtain credit at any no.
by deposting al snch hotel any baggage or other
chsttel of value of less than the amount OF such
with such fraudulent intent; and any per-
son who, after obtaining credit or accommodation
at any hotel, shall abscond from such hotel, and
shall surreptitiously remove his baggage or prop
erry tnerefrom. shall. upon conviction, be ad-
judged guilty OF q misdemeanor, and upon conylc-
ton shall be punished by imprisonment in jail FOR a
term not longer than three months or me OF not
SIC. 2. And be 1t enacted. That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is correct
cory of an act of the General Assembly of Mary
W. G. PURNELL,
Secretary ct rye Of tn the senate sgas,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates
Approved by the Governor, March 2, 1892.
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CHAPTER 279.

ChAfIEh ZIS.
I'm ACT TO PROHIBIT ANY CORPORATION
which under the laws of this state shall act as
trustee, executor, administrator, guardian,
committee or receiver, or in any one or more of
those capacities. without bond or security other
than Its own obligation, in any case in which bond
would be required in the like or similar capacity.
from incurrfng the liability Of surety upon any
bond.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General As
sculbly of Maryland, That from and after the
passage of this act no corporation which. under
the laws of this state, shall act trustee,
executor. administrator, guardian. committee or
receiver or in any OF more of those capacities
without bond or security other than its own obli-
cation, in any case in which bond would be re-
QuiFed from natural person in the like or similar
capacity, shall incur the liability of surety upon
any bond of description.and all acts and
parts of acts whether general or special neon
sistent herewith be and the same are hereby re-
pealed
SIC. q And be it enacted That this act shall take
effect from the date Of its passage.
w hereby certify that the aforegoing Is q correct
copy of an act of the General Assembly of Mary
land, passed January session, 1892
w. G. PURNELL.
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER.
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates
Approved by the Governor, April z, 1892
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property by gift grant. devise, bequest or other
wise by said adopted child.
81 D. If the petit on contains prayer to that
effect the court may also decree that the name OF
the child be changed.
81 E. The term "Child' or its equivalent in a
deed grant, will or other written instrument shall
be held include any child adopted by the person
executing the same. unless the contrary plainly ap-
ment be executed before or after the adoption.
81 F. Any inhabitant of any other state adopted
as child in accordance with the laws thereof shall
upon proof such fact be entitled in this state to
the same right of inheritance and distribution as
he would have enjoyed in the state where adopted.
except in far they may conflict with the pro-
visions of this act.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is correct
copy of an act of the General Assembly of Mary
land, pissed January session, 1892.
W. g. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFEh.
Chief Clerk of the House of delegates.
AnDroyed nv the Governor, March 81. 1892.