LAWS OF MARYLAND,— 1827,

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CHAPTER 188.
AN ACT to abolish certain Offices therein mentioned, and for other purposes.

SEC. I. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That resolution number one, passed at March session, seventeen
hundred and seventy-eight, so far as the same relates to the
creation of an officer, to be styled the auditor-general, be, and
the same is hereby repealed, and the office of auditor-general,
be, and the same is hereby abrogated, abolished and* annulled,
and the auditor-general, be, and he is hereby directed, autho-

Auditor-
general's
office
abolished.

rized and required to deliver over all books, accounts, records
or other papers connected with or having relation to the duties
of his office to the clerk of the council, who is hereby autho-
rized and required to perform all the duties, and is vested with
all the powers conferred upon or now exercised by the said
auditor- general, as the keeper of the said books, accounts, re-
cords or other papers, in giving extracts from or copies of the
same.

Books, pa-
pers, &c. to
charge of
clerk of
council.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the act passed at December
session, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, chapter one hundred
and seventy-eight, giving a compensation of five hundred dol-
lars a year to the adjutant-general, be, and the same is hereby
repealed.

Salary to
adjutant-
general
repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That all such parts of the act of
December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, chapter
one hundred and ninety, and the act of December session,
eighteen hundred and twenty-four, chapter one hundred and
thirty-nine, as relates to the appointment of staters agents for
the eastern and western shore, be, and the same is hereby re-

Auditor-
general's
office
repealed.

pealed : Provided, that nothing herein contained shall operate
to lessen or impair the force or obligation of the said acts, so
far as any matter or thing may remain to be executed or per-
formed in pursuance thereof, or of either or of any part of either
of the said acts.

Proviso.

CHAPTER 199.

AN ACT for the protection of Sheep in the several Counties of this State,
and for other purposes.
Supplement, 1831, ch. 169.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this general assembly, that the
inhabitants of the several counties in this state, sustain immense
loss in the destruction of their sheep by dogs ; And whereas, it
is right and proper that every encouragement should be ex-
tended to the owners of this valuable animal for their preserva-
tion : therefore,

Preamble.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That if after the passage of this act, any dog or dogs shall be

Authority
to kill dogs.