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LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAP. 296.

Proviso.

or let, upon the part of any person or persons whatsoever;
provided, that nothing herein contained, shall be so con-
strued as to authorise the trustees of said academy to
charge tuition for the children who now are or hereafter
may be in the primary school department of said acade-

my.

Not to change
mode of elect-
ing trustees, &c.

Proviso.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act
contained, shall in any manner be construed, deemed or
taken to alter or change the mode of electing the trustees
of said academy, as now provided for by the original act
to which this is a supplement, or to alter or change the
right of property in the said academy, buildings and
ground on which the same are erected, and thereto attach-
ed, or in any manner to interfere with or change the man-
agement and control of said academy, as now provided
for by law; provided, that nothing herein contained, shall
be so construed as to authorise the trustees of said aca-
demy to charge tuition for children who now are, or here-
after may be in the primary school department of said aca-
demy.

CHAPTER 296.

Passed Mar. 16
1840.

A further supplement to an act for the relief of Samuel G.
Holbrook, of Somerset County.

Time extended
to complete

collections.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the time allowed Samuel G. Holbrook, late sheriff of
Somerset county, 1o complete his collections, by an act
of Assembly, passed December session eighteen hundred
and thirty-seven, chapter sixty-seven, be and the same is
hereby extended to the first day of May, eighteen hundred

Proviso.

and forty-one; provided, that the said Samuel G. Hol-
brook shall not proceed to collect or receive any balance
or amount aforesaid, until he shall have made affidavit
before some justice of the peace of said county, or when
the estate of a deceased person is affected, before the re-
gister of wills for said county, that said balance or amount
is justly due, and that he hath not received any payment,
security or satisfaction for the same, or any part thereof,
nor any person for him, save the credits, if any, given, on
the written statement or account of said balance or
amount, nor until a certificate of such affidavit, by the of-