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CHAPTER 467,

Sl1AI EN- tOI.
AN ACT to repeal Section One of Chap
ter Three Hundred and Eleven of the
Public General Laws of Maryland,
passed by the General Assembly of
Maryland at the January Session of
the year 1892, and to re-enact the
same with amendments.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That
Chapter Three Hundred and Eleven of
the Public General Laws of Maryland,
passed by the General Assembly Of
Maryland at the January Session of the
year 1892, be and the same hereby is
repealed and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:
l. Minors under the age of sixteen
years upon conviction of any otfense
punishable by imprisonment may, in
the discretion of the court or justice of
the peace, instead of Imprisonment in
the place provided for in case of
offenders generally, be sentenced to
imprisonment, provided the term of i'm
prisonment does not extend over minor
st,tution within the State under police
Reformation, commonly known as the
dren, and no commitments shall be
made to the House of Reformation ex
cept for the reasons and upon the terms
provided in the charter thereof or the
amendments thereto.
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 H. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates
We hereby certify that the aforegoing
is correct copy of an Act of the Gen
eral Assembly 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.

ChAIlE DOL.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Sections Two, Three and
Six of Article Fifty-Seven of the Code
of Public General Laws, title ''Limita-
ton of Actions" and to add a new
section to said article, to come in after
Section Six, and to be designated as
Section Six A.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That Sec
tions Two, Three and Six of Article
Fifty-Seven of the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws, be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amend
ments, and that a new section be and
the same is hereby added to said article,
to come in after Section Six, to be desig-
mated as Section Six A, and to read as to
said respective sections as follows:
2. If any person entitled to any of the
actions mentioned in the preceding sec
ton shall be at the time such cause of
action accrues within the age of one and
of twenty years, or non-compos, he or she
shall be at liberty to bring the said action
within the respective times so limited,
after the disability is removed, as other
persons having no such disability might
or should have done.
D. NO Dlll, GeSIdIueHIdIy, duIHlulSGfd-
ton or other bond Except sheriffs' or
constables' bonds), judgment recog-
nizance, statute merchant or of the
staple or other specially whatsoever, ex-
cept such as shall be taken for the use
of the State, shall be good and plead
able, or admitted in evidence against
any person in this State after the prin-
cipal debtor and creditor 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 in
fancy or insanity of mind, the full bene-
fit of all such bills, bonds, judgments,
recognizances, 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 constables' bonds shall be brought
within five years after the date of such
bonds and not afterwards; but the State
may sue on said bonds for her own use
at any time; and if any person entitled
to suit on a sheriff S, coroner's or con-
st ,ble's bond shall be at the time of the
accruing of any cause of action on such
bond under the age of twenty-one years
or non-compos mentis, he or she shall
be at liberty to bring his or her action
within five years after the removal of
such disability.
GA. The period within which any suit
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vi OIL.
AN ACT to repeal Sections 9S and 80 of
Article % of the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws entitled" Corporations, "sub-
title Buildings or Homestead Asso-
ciations," and to re-enact the same
with amendments.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly of Maryland That sections
50 and 80 of article % of the Code of
Public General Laws, be and the same
are here by repealed and re-enacted SO
as to read as follows:
50. Such Corporation at any time in
advance of the period of time at which
it may cease to exist, according to the
plan contained in the original Articles
OF Association, may advance to any
member thereof, for such premium as
may be agreed upon. the sum which he
would be entitled to receive upon the
dissolution of the corporation, or the
maturity of the series to which he. be-
longs, when said corporation has more
than one series of stock, for any number
of shares therein held, or may purchase
from any member thereof the share or
shares of stock held by him at such
price or sum as according to the articles
of Association, such member may agree
to receive; or instead of receiving the
WHOle dLuOuHI Vi Sdiu YIN al
vance or dedncting the whole amount of
said premium) from the amount of said
advance, the borrower may pay the
same in weekly, monthly or such other
instalments as may be agreed upon, and
on payment of said sum of money may
receive from such member security as
mentioned in the next succeeding sec
ton of this article for the pay of such
member of such corporation of the un-
paid instalments and unpaid premiums,
to be paid on the share or shares of
stock so sold or redeemed, together with
interest at the rate of six per cent. per
annum on the sum so paid, or advanced
at such times and subject to such fines
and penalties for the non-payment
thereof as may be prescribed in the ar
ticles of the association or in the By
Laws, and such corporation shall have
power to issue full paid-up shares of
stock to its members upon such terms as
may be set forth in its bylaws.
SO. The payment of the unpaid install
ments and the premium on the same or
shares so purchased or redeemed with
interest on the money paid therefor as
aforesaid, and all fines and penalties in
Cured in respect thereof by any mem
Der shall be secured to such corporations
by mortgage on real or leasehold prop
erty, or by the hypothecation of stock
of such corporation held by such mem
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CHAPTER 557.


AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments subsection of Section
AZ and Section AZ of Article % OF the
Code of Public General Laws, title
Corporations" as the same were re-
enacted by Chapter 80 of the Acts of
1892.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That sub
section three of section forty-two and
section forty-seven of Article % OF the
Code of Public General Laws title Cor
poration," as said subsection and section
was re-enacted by Chapter 80 of the Acts
of 1892, be, and the same are hereby, re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments
so as to read as follows:
Subsection 3 of Section ~. The OBJ
iect or purposes for which Incorporation
is sought, the time of is existence not to
exceed forty wears; and the article, con-
ditions and provisions 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-llght
companies, cemetery companies or cor
porations formed for the creation or
maintenance of educational associations,
universities, colleges, academies, hos.
pitfalls or asylums, and that certificates OF
incorporation of all corporations named
in the proviso may contain provisions
for perpetual existence.
AZ. If any 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 amenment shall be made
known, acknowledged and recorded in
L l.
ton forty-two, forty-three and forty
four of the article. and after the said al
iteration or amendment shall be record
ed, the same shall be taken to be part
of the said charter or instrument as if
the same had originally been made a
part thereof; and any corporation here
tofore formed under the provisions of
this article for the creation or mainten-
ance of educational associations, univer-
sites, 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 perpetual existence.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its
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 Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, passed jan
uary Session, 1894.
J. ROGER MCSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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Public
Laws.
SESSION 1894.
LAWS CONTINUED.
Gu l72

CHAPTER AS.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments, section 143, of article 70,
of the Code of Public General Laws,
title Corporations, subtitle "lnsur-
ance Department" as said section
was enacted by chapter 537, of the
Acts of 1892.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eraI Assembly of Maryland, that sec
ton 143, of article %, OF the Code OF
Public General Laws, title Corpora
tions" subtitle Insurance Depart
ment - as said section was enacted by
Chanter 537. of the Acts of 1892, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, so as to read
as follows: -.
l43. Every insurance company dong
business in any of the counties of this
State, shall, during the moth of April OF
each and every year publish In at least
one newspaper published in each OF
said counties, for three consecutive weeks
an abstract of the annual statement
as required by this article, provided,
that such publication shall not be re-
ouired of Mutual Insurance Companies,
formed under any general or special law
of this State, which annually send full
and detailed statement of the affairs and
business eff said companies to all their
respective policy holders and to the
State insurance Commissioner.
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 HI. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforego-
ing is correct copy of an Act OF the
General Assembly 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 5ll.

CHAPTER oil.
AN ACT to Prevent Blindness in In
fants.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland That if at
any time within two weeks after the
birth of any infant, one or both of its
eyes, or eyelids, are redeemed, inflamed,
swollen or discharging pus, the midwife,
nurse or person other than a legally
qualified physician, in charge of such in
FAINT, shall refrain from the application
of any remedy for the same, and shall
Immediately report such condition to
the Health Commissioner, or to some
legally qualified physician in the city,
county or town wherein the infant is
cared for.
Section 2. And be it enacted, That
any person or persons violating the pro-
visions of this Act, shall, on conviction,
be punished by fine not to exceed one
hundred dollars, or by Imprisonment in
Jail not to exceed six months, or by both
fine and imprisonment
Section 3. And be it enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved \ pril 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
Assembly 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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or action may be brought under any
statute of limitations in force in this
State shall not be extended because the
plaintiff in such suit or action was, is or
shall be a feme covert, imprisoned or be-
yond the seas, or out of the jurisdiction
of this State, at the time of the accrual
of the right, title or cause of action.
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 Gen
eral Assembly 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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NO. l9.

Public General Laws, heading ''Prac-
tice," under the new subtitle illegal
Sufficiency of Evidence" to follow
Section 81, to be designated "Section 81
a, and to read as follows:
81 A. If the defennant in any action
at law, in contract or in tort shall, at the
close of the plaintiffs evidence, and be-
fore offering any evidence or defence,
pray the court to instruct the jury that
the plaintiff in such action has offered
no evidence legally sufficient to entitle
the plaintiff to recover, or prayer to
the same effect, and the court shall re-
ject such prayer, the defendant shall not
be precluded from Offering evidence of
defence; but any defendant in such &C
ton may offer evidence of defence as
fully and to the same extent as though
such prayer had not been offered.
Section 2. And be it enacted, That this
sake 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 Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, passed Jan
uary Session, 1894.
j. ROGER MCSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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CHAPTER 1913.

CHAPTER 1873.
AN ACT to add new Section to Article
81, of the tublic General Laws, title
Revenue and taxes" subtitle Col
lateral Inheritance Tax" to follow
Section 115, and to be designated as
Section 1l54.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That new
Section be and the same is hereby
added to Article 81 of the Code of
Public General Lrws, title Revenue
and Taxes. Subtitle collateral Inheri-
lance Tax" to follow Section 1l5, and o
be numbered 1154, and to read as fol-
lows:
ISL. Whenever any interest in any
estate real, personal or mixed, less than
an absolute interest, shall be devised
or bequeathed to or for the use and
benefit of any person or object not
exempted from the Tax under Section
1O2, 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 city
or county in which the administration is
granted, or any other court assuming
jurisdictiod over such administration, 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 any per-
sonwho under the said Section
102 of this Article, is exempt
from said tax, and the residue thereof
shall be the value of said interest upon
which such tax is payable, and said tax
so ascertained shall be paid by such
person or object within 80 days from
such ascertainment with interest there
on at per cent per annum, after the
expiration of twelve Q2) months from
the date of the death of the decedent,
under whose will or by whose intestacy
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 or object shall be emit
tied to any such interest in any estate;
but such tax shall bear interest at the
rate of six per cent. per annum from the
expiration of twelve Q2) months from
said death; but if such person or object
shall fail to pay said tax as above pro-
vided, 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 102. on
the whole value thereof.
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect from
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 Gen
eral Assembly 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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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing
is correct copy of an act of the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, passed
January session, 1894.
J. ROGER MCSHERRY,
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CHAPTER $50.

Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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CHAPTER 462.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments, Section 80 of Article 90
of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland, title ''Testamentary
Law" subtitle Administration"
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That Sec.
ton So, of Article 80, of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title
''Testamentary Law" subtitle admin
istration," be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:
So. No administration or letters tesla
mentary shall be grant j to any Judge
of the Orphans Court, Jr of the Circuit
Court, or Register of Wills of the County
where he is Judge or Register of Wills,
unless he be next of kin or largest
creditor.
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN
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CHAPTER 4Sl.

CHAPTER 4S1.
AN ACT to add an additional section to
Article 81 of the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws, title Grimes and Punish
ments," subtitle Migrants and
Tramps," to be numbered Section 276
A, to follow Section 276, of said Article.
SECTION !. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That an
additional section be, and the same is
hereby added to Article 81, of the Code
of Public General Laws" title Grimes
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
Directors of the Friendly Inn of Balti
more City, and the officers and directors
and managers of any other charitable
corporation heretofore formed or which
may be hereafter formed under either
the general incorporation law of this
State, or by special act for the chritable
purpose, in whole or in part, of supply
ing food and lodging to the needy with
out demanding or receiving compensa-
ton in money therefor, may, and said
officers, directors and managers are
hereby authorized and empowered to
require any person applying to them for,
and receiving from them, either food or
lodging in any house, home or building,
maintained by the said charitable cor
poration, to perform within tWenty-four
hours thereafter reasonable amount of
labor in return therefor, provided that
the performance of such labor be &C
cepted by such person as a condition
upon which said food or lodging is given
and received, and if any person refuses
or negects 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 be pun
ishable as such.
Sec. ?. And, be it enacted, That this
act shall take effct from the date of its
passage.
Approved April 6, 1894
EPANE PPOWN
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CHAPTER SIC.

CHAPTER SIG.
AN ACT to add new section to Article
rs of the Code of Public General
Laws, title "Pleadings, Practice and
Process at Law" heading Practice"
under the new subtitle legal Sutfi-
cheney of Evidence" to follow Sec
ton 81, and to be designated "Section
81 A."
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Ged-
eral Assembly of Maryland, That new
section be, and the same is hereby,
added to Article 10, of the Code of
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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 Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, passed Jan
uary Session, 1894.
J. ROGER MCSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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proved April 8, 1871. -
FRANK BROWN,
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
MEG Ii DID InSTAN

JAMES IT. PRESIUN,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing
is correct copy OF an Act of the Gen
eral Assembly 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 Delegates
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-10-19
County Commissioners.

The most of the time Of the board
was taken up in the consideration
of bills.
Petitions were received for the for
nation Of three new schools districts
as follows:
In Culdrum. sections No. 10, 20. q,
%, %. 80 and 80, town l2S, range 81.
Belle Prairie and Ripley, sections
1913, 4, 8. 10, II, -, Is, IA, Is, town
Al, range 81, and section IS, and 36,
town 43, range 81. ~.
Morrill,, Section @. q, "a. p, 26, q,
81, IS. and 36, town SO, range %. T
Peter Koket petitions to be de-
tached from school district No. Sand
attached to No. 45. John Matsko.
petitioned to he detached from No. Q
and attached to No. As.
The above school matters will be
acted upon at the January meeting.
An appropriation was made for
the improvement of the roads and
bridges in Green Prairie town.