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CHAPTER 557.

An Act to repeal and re-enact with Amend
ments sub section of Section AZ and
Section AZ of Article % of the Code of
Public General Laws, title Corpora
tions,n as the same were re enacted by
Chapter 80 of the Acts of 1892.
SECTION l. Be ii enacted By the General
Assembly of Maryland, That sub section three
of Section AZ and Section AZ of Article % Of
the Code of Public General Laws title "Cor-
porations'' as said sub section and section was
re.enacted by Chapter 80 of the Acts of 1892
be and the same are hereby repealed and re.
enacted with amendments so rs to read as
follows:
Subsection of Section AZ. The object
or purposes for which incorporation is sought,
the time of its existence not to exceed forty
years, and the articles, conditions and pro
visions under which the incorporation is
formed; provided that the limitation as to the
duration of the existence of corporations
formed under this article shall not apply to
gas. light companies, cemetery companies or
corporations formed for the creation or
maintenances of educational associations,
universities, colleges, academies, hospitals or
asylums, and that certificates of incorporation
of all corporations named in the proviso may
contain provisions for perpetual existence.
AZ. lfany alteration or amendment OF the
article or provisions of the charter of any
said corporation shall be made by the authority
of the corporations, such alterations or
amendment shall be made known, acknowl-
edged and recorded in the same manner as
prescribed in section forty-two, forty-three
and forty four of the Article and after the said
alteration or amendment shall be recorded,
the same shall be taken to be a part of the
said charter or instrument as if the same had
originally been made part thereof; and any
corporation heretofore formed under the
provisions of this Article for the creation or
maintenance of educational associations,
universities, colleges, cemetery companies.
hospitals or asylums, the existence of which
by the terms of its charter is limited to
period of forty years or less is authorized to
amend its charter so as to provide for per-
petual existence.
SEC. 2. And be al enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES H. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
correct copy of an Act of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed January Session,
1894
j. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk Of the House Of Delegates.
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Chief Clerk of the House Of D
CHAPTER 4Sl.

An Act to add an additional Section to Arti-
Gle 81, of the Code of Public General Laws,
title "Crimes and Punshments'' subtitle
''Vagrants and Tramps" to be numbered
section 276 A, to follow Section 276, of
said Article.
SECTION 1. Be a enacted Jy the General
assembly Of Maryland, That an additional sec
ton be and the same is hereby added to Ar
ticle 81 of the Code of Public General Laws
title "Crimes and Punishments' subtitle
Migrants and Tramps'' to follow Section
276, to be numbered Section 276 A, and to
read as follows:
276 A. That the officers and Board of Di-
rectors of the Friendly Inn of Baltimore City,
and the officers and directors and managers
of any other charitable corporation hereto
fore formed or which may be hereafter formed
under either the general Incorporation law of
this State, or by special act for the charitable
purpose, in whole or in part, of supplying
food and lodging to the needy without de-
manding or receiving compensation in money
therefor, may, and said officers, directors and
managers are hereby authorized and empow
cred to require any person applying to them
for, and receiving from them, either food or
lodging in any house, home or building main
tanned by the said charitable corporation, to
perform within twenty-four hours thereafter
a reasonable amount of labor in return there
for, provided that the performance of such
labor be accepted by such person as a condi-
ton upon which said food or lodging is given
and received, and if any person refuses or
neglects when so required to perform such
labor suited to his age, strength and capacity
in return for the food or lodging so asked for
and received by him, within the time above
specified, he shall be deemed vagrant and
ha shahla such
SEC. 2. And be ii enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor,
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
correct copy of an Act of the General As
sembly of Maryland, passed January Session,
1894.
J. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. l.. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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GENERAL LAWS.
CHAPTER SAT.

An Act to amend and re- enact Section Thirty
1907 OF Article Twenty seven (27) of the
Code of Public General Laws, entitled
TCrimes and Punishments," sub title,
Concealed Weapons" and Furnishing the
offense of Carrying Concealed Weapons,
whereas it is represented to this General
Assembly that the existing law in reference
to the offence of Carrying Concealed Weap-
ons does not make proper discrimination in
favor of those who travelling in dangerous
Localities or from other imminent necessity
or prudent precaution in the presence OF
threatened injury to their lives or persons,
may reasonably arm themselves for self
protection; and the law has been made an
instrument Of injustice to those not de.
serving of punishment. Therefore:
SECTION l. Be it enacted By the General
assembly of Maryland, That Section Thirty
1901 of Article CD of the Code of Public
General Laws, entitled "Crimes and Punish
meuts' sub title Concealed Weapons" be
and the same is hereby amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:
go Every person not being conservator
of the peace, entitled or required to carry
such weapons as part of his official equip
ment and not carrying such weapons as a
reasonable precaution against apprehended
danger who shall wear or carry any pistol,
dirk knife, bowie knife, slug shot, billy, sand
club, metal knuckles, razor or any other
dangerous or deadly weapon of any kind
whatsoever (pen knives excepted) concealed
upon or about his person, and every person
who shall carry or wear any such weapon
openly with the intent or purpose of injuring
any person in any unlawful manner and not
for any proper purpose of self protection,
shall upon conviction thereof be fined not
more than one thousand dollars or be impris-
Oned not more than two years in Jail or in the
House of Correction, and the court or jury
before whom any such case may be tried shall
in all cases have the right to judge of the
reasonableness of the carrying of any such
weapon, and of the proper occasion therefore
upon satisfactory proof, and in case upon
conviction of any offender the court in view
of the evidence shall be of the opinion that
such weapons were carried with the deliberate
purpose of inhicting greivous and unlawful
injury 10 the life or purpose OF another, 1t
shall in that case be the duty of the court to
impose the highest sentence of imprisonment
hereinbefore prescribed.
SEC. 2. And be ii enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
correct copy of an Act of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed January Session,
1894.
J. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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CHAPTER 66l.
An Act to repeal and re-enact with amend,
ments, Sections z, and OF Article o. OF
me Cooe OF fubilc General Laws, Title
Llmltation OF Actions" and to add new
Section 10 said Article 10 come IN aiter
Secuon b, and TO be designated as section
a
SECTION /. BE AZ enacted 6y the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That Section z, 3 and
oil Article o., OF the Code OF Public General
Laws be and the same are hereby repealed
and re enacted with amendments and that
new section be and the same is hereby added
to SAID Article to come IN after Section to
De aeslgnated section A, and TO read as 10
SAID respective Sections as follows
z. Ii any person entitled to any OF the ac-
tons mentioned in the preceding section,
shall be at the time such cause of action ac-
crues, within the age of one and of twenty
years or non-compos he or she shall be at lib
erty to bring the said action within the re-
spective times so limited. after the disability
1t removed as other persons having no such
disability might or should have done.
8. No bill, testamentary administration or
other bond Except sheriffs' and cOnstables
bonds), Judgment recogniZanee, statute mer-
chant or of the staple or other special what
soever, except such as shall be taken for the
use of the State, shall be good and pleadabe,
or admitted in evidence against any person in
this State after the principal debtor and cred
itor have been both dead twelve years. or
the debt or thing in action is above twelve
years standing saving to all persons who shall
be under the aforementioned impediments of
infancy or insanity of mind the full benefit of
all such bills, bonds, Judgments. recogni
zances, statute merchant, or of the staple and
other specialties, for the period of six years
after the removal of such disability.
6. All actions on sheriffs' coroners' and
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CHAPTER 51s.

An Act to add an additional Section to Arti.
Gle IL of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland, title "Clerks of Courts" to
be known as Section 400 A.
SECTION /. Be it enacted bg the General
assembly Of Maryland. That an additional
Section be added to Article II of the Code
of Public General Laws, entitled "Clerks of
Courts" TO be designated as Section ''20 A."
and to read as follows:
20 A. That said Clerk, whenever request
ed in writing TO do SO by the trustee, attor-
ney or party in interest, shall record among
the chancery, Judicial or other proper record
books of his Office, such bill of complaint,
decree, order of court, trustee report, audi.
tors account and report, or other paper flied
in cause in his Office, although the title to
land may not be involved therein, provided
the cost of such recording be first paid or pro-
vided for.
SEC. 2. A,,d be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 6. 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
correct copy of an Act Of the General Assem-.
bly, of Maryland, PASSED January Session,
1894. ]. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. l.. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House Of Delegates.
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CHAPTER 4ss.

An Act to add new Section to Article 81,
of the Public General Laws, title "Revenue
and Taxes" sub. title collateral Inherit
anee Tax to follow Section 115, and to be
designated as Section 1l59.
SECTION l. Be IL enacted By the General
Assembly of Maryland, That a new section
be and the same is hereby added TO Article
81, of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Reyenne and Taxes" sub title Collateral
Inheritance Tax'' to follow Section I15, and
to be numbered 1l52, and to read as follows
ll51. Whenever any interest in any estate,
real personal or mixed, less than an abso-
lutte interest, shall be devised or bequeathed
to or for the use and benefit of any person or
object not exempted from the tax under Sec
ton I02 of this article, then only such inter
est SO devised or bequeathed shall be liable
for said tax, and it shall be the duty of the
Orphans Court of the county or city in which
administration is granted, or any other court
assuming jurisdiction over such adminIstra-
ton, to determine as soon after administration
is granted as possible, on application OF such
person or object, the value of such interest
liable for said tax, by deducting from the
whole value of the estate SO much thereof as
shall be the value of the interest therein, OF
of any person, who, under said Section lO2 OF
this article, is exempt from said tax and the
residue thereof shall be the value of said lD-
terest upon which said tax is payable, and
said tax so ascertaind shall be paid by such
person or object within 80 days from such as
certainment with interest thereon at per
cent per annum, after the expiration OF twelve
(l2) months from the date of the death OF the
decedent, under whose will or by whose in
testacy said interest is acquired if said tax
has not sooner been paid, or within 80 days
from the time that It shall be ascertained that
such person OF object shall be entitled to any
such interest in any estate; but such tax shall
bear interest at the rate of per cent. per an
mum from the expiration of twelve az months
from said death; but if such person or object
shall fail to pay said tax, as above provided,
then such person or object shall at the time
when he, she or it comes into possession OF
such estate pay a tax as provided for IN SAID
Section l02, on the whole value thereof. =
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from It's
passage.
Approved April 6, 1894.
Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES H. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing IS
correct copy of an Act of the General AS
sembly of Maryland, passed January Session.
1894. ]. ROGER McSHERRY.
Secretary Of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the Honse Of Delegates
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CHAPTER e4s.

~.
An Act to add an additional section to the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland,
Article 8, title, Attachments to be
known as Section 48.
SECTION l. Be ii enacted 6y the General
assembly of Maryland, That the following
section be and it is hereby added to Article
of the Code of Public General Laws of the
State of Maryland, title Attachments, to
be known as Section 48.
As. Although the debt or obligation upon
which the action is brought may not have
matureds the creditor may nevertheless pro-
coed by attachment as heretofore provided in
the following cases ~ When the debtor
absconds, ~ When he has assigned, disposed
of or concealed, or is about to assign, dispose
of or conceal his property or some part
thereof, with intent to defraud his creditors,
(3) When he is about to abscond from this
State, (4) When he has fraudulent contracted
the debt, or incurred the obligation respecting
which the action is brought, or (5) When he
has removed or is about to remove his
property or some portion thereof out of this
State with intent to defraud his creditors.
The date of the maturity of the debt or obli.
CATION shall be set forth in the affidavit upon
which the attachment is to issue and the
plaintiff shall not be entitled to Judgment
either in the short note or in the attachment
case until after the maturity of the debt or
obligation.
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES Fl. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is Il
correct copy of an Act ofthe General Assem-.
bly, of Maryland. passed January Session,
1894.
J. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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COMMISSIONS RECEIVED.

Commissions for the following named
persons appointed to fill the respective Offices
hereinafter mentioned, were filed in the
Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Carroll county on the 18th day of April, 1894,
and said persons are hereby notified that
unless they qualify within thirty days from
the above date their places will be deemed
vacant:
Justices of the Peace.
District No. Henry Gait, George A.
FlickingeF and Aloysius F. Orndorff.
District No. 2-Jesse F. Billmyer.
District No. 3-Jacob R. Lppy and j..
William Earhart
District No. 4-Azariah Oursler, William
H. Stocksdale and Augustus W. Davis.
District No. 5-William P. Gorsuch, Jr.,
Basil Dorsey. William 7. Devries, Michael
Glennan.
District No. G-John R. Strevig, Jacob P.
Baltozer.
District No.-z~William Moore, Gustavus
W. Crapster, William j. Mitten, Richard
Manning and George w. Matthews.
District Nc. S-John W. Abbott, Thomas
Upton.
District No. 9-John Elgin, Jacob Farver.
District No. l0-D. Calvin Warner.
District No. 11-Ellsworth E. Lowell,
Louis Dielman.
District No. 12-William J. Crabbs, James
g. Whitehill.
District No. 13-F. J. Lewis.
Registers of Voters.
District No. ii. Sylvester Fink.
District No. 2-Robert VI. Fleagle.
District No. 81. Frank Byers
District No. 4-John II. Taylor.
District No. 5-Daniel B. Sprecher
District M f-Gaoroa Shawar
District No. William Corbin.
Distric. No. s-John 7. Basler.
District No. 9-Lewis C.. Franklin.
District No. I0-George W. Shank.
District No. l1-William D. Lowell.
District No. l2-C. h. Danner.
District No. l3-Oscar NJ. Spurrier.
Notaries Public.
A. Howard Zollickoffer, Taneytown, Nd.
Hugo E. Fiddis, Westminster, Md.
J. Winfield Snader, New Windsor, Md.
Edward Reisler, Union Bridge, Nd.
Albert Jones, Mt. Airy, Nd.
School Commissioners.
William Reindollar and David Prugh.
Member State Board of Education.
James A. Diffenbaugh
Member of Live Stock Sanitary
Board.
johnnie E. Beasman
Inspector of Hay and Straw.
Robert Sellman.
BENZ. F. GROUSE,
Clerk Circuit Court for Carroll County.
my5 3t
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SHERIFFs SALE.

Sh6h4EF - SALE.
By virtue of writ of Fieri Facias issued
out of the Circuit Court for Carroll county,
State of Maryland, at the suit of Ernest B.
Horn, Assignee, against the goods and
chattels, lands and tenements of John Ander-
son, and to me directed, have seized the
following property, viz All that piece or
parcel of land situate and being in Carroll
county, State of Maryland, which the said
John Anderson obtained by deed bearing date
the 26th day of August, 1887, from James r.
Hood and wife, and Susan Bussard, and re-
corded among the Land Records of Carroll
county, in Liber W. N NJ, No. 6S, folio
1863, &C.. beginning for the same at a stone
heretofore planted on the east edge of the
Ridge Road, at the end of the 22d line of
James R. Hood land, and running said line,
to wit: s. 48 degrees, W. II 9-I0 perches
to stone in the middle of the said County
Road; then S. 352 degrees; E. 10 go. 100
perches to stone now planted in the last
line of James R. Hoods land and reversing
said line, to wit: N. 81 degrees, w. "a 96. 100
perches to the beginning, containing
RoODS and II SO. PERCHES of Land,
more orl less. And hereby give notice that on
MONDAY, MAY %, 1894,
at O'Clock. p. M, at the Court House Door,
in the City of Westminster, will sell the
above property so seized and taken into
execution to the highest bidder for cash.
ELIAS B. ARNOLD,
my5ts Sheriff.
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Mems and Ladies' Furnis h.
ings.

One lot of Mems Outing Shirts, made
to retail at so cts, secured the
entire lot at price and made the
price ............................ 90 cts.
so doz. 4-ply Linen Collars, sold at
Is cts. or for 25 cts, in all the
newest shapes, during the sale at
cts. piece. ......................-...... 8 cts.
Ladies' White Embroidered Hand
kerehiefs, the 25 cts. kind, cut to-. IS cts.
% doz. Misses and Children's Black
Ribbed Hose, from 5 to 81, regular
price l2e cts., cut utto.............9 cts. pair
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ERMAN BAPTIST ANNUAL
W MEETING.

The Annual Meeting of the German Ban.
tist Brethren will be held at Meyersdale, Pa,
on the Pittsburg Division of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, commencing May oath. 1894.
For this occasion the B. 4 o. r. r. Co.
will sell excursion tickets to Meyersdale and
return from all stations on its system of lines
at rate of one first class fare for the round
trip. From points east Of and including
Pittsburg and Wheeling the tickets will be
sold from May 22nd 10 18th inclusive, and
will be valid for return passage within thirty
days from date of sale.
From points west of Pittsburg and Wheel.
ing the tickets will be sold from May 2lst to
18th inclusive, and will be valid for return
passage within thirty days from date of sale.
For time of trains, etc., address nearest
Agent of the b. & o. R. r. Co. or o. P. Nc
Carly, Gen'l Pass. Agent. B. & o. s. w.
R'y, st. Louis. Mo-; L. s. Allen. Asst Gen'l
Pass Agent, B. & o. r. R., Chicago, Ill.,;
Z. d. Smith, Div. Pass. Agent, B. 4 o. r.
R., Pittsburg. Pa, or B. F. Bond, Div. Pass.
Agent, B. Il 0. r. R., Baltimore. Md; Chas.
Q. Scnll, Gen'l Pass. Agent, B. & o. r. R.,
Baltimore, Md
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CHAPTER sos.

An Act to repeal and re.enact with amend
ments, Section 1G2, of Article 81, of the
Code of Public General Laws, title
"Crimes and Punishments," sub.tit "Lar-
ceny."
SECTION l. Be ii enacted by the General
assembly of Maryland, That Section one
hundred and sixty-two of Article twenty seven
of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Crimes and Punishments,i subtitle Lar
ceny," be and the same is hereby repealed
and re enacted with amendments so as to read
as follows:
1862. Any person who shall be entrusted
with any goods. wares, materials or merchan-
disc. or who shall receive or obtain such
goods, materials or other property from the
owner thereof for the purpose of mannfactur.
ing, working up or converting the same into
garments, wearing apparel or other articles
of merchandise, or of altering the same or
completing the manufacture thereof, after the
some may have been returned to the said
owner in an unsatisfactory condition, and
shall after receiving the same, fraudently
sell, pawn, pledge, or in any other manner
dispose of said goods or the product thereof,
or convert the same to his own use, or fail or
refuse to deliver the same to said owner after
an offer on the part of said owner to pay to
said person the full amount due to said person
for his services in reference to said manufac-
ture or alteration, shall be deemed guilty ofa
msdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before any tribunal of competent jurisdiction,
shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, or
be sentenced to imprisonment in the House
of Correction for not more than six months,
or be both fined and imprisoned, in the dis
cretion of the court.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an Act of the General As
sembly of Maryland, passed January Session,
1894. J. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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Don't miss to ask for such -.
Bargains.
Shirt Waist Mention.

To this line will call special attention.
Rufled Front, Light Figured Waists,
Yoke Back, 80 cts, worth 49........ 80 cts.
Chambray Laundried Waists, Yoke
Back. worth 75 cts, cut down to-. so cts
Striped Laundried Waists, pretty
designs, worth $1.19, will go during
sale SO cts