JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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are hereby ratified, and all acts done in pursuance thereof
declared valid, and the appointees so made shall, in the dis-
cretion of the County Commissioners of such counties, con-
tinue without re-appointment to execute their official duties
under this Act ; provided, however, that nothing in this Act
shall apply to Baltimore county.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, This Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.

CHAP. 633.