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carry out the purposes of said Act and this extension thereof
and the duties of the said Commissioners shall be as set forth
in said original Act.

Approved April 5, 1900.

CHAPTER 195.
AN ACT to repeal Section twelve of Chapter four hundred
and fifty-seven of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed at the January Session of eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-eight, entitled an "Act to repeal Article 45
of the Code of Public General Laws," title "Husband and
Wife," and to re-enact the same with amendments.

Husband and

Wife.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section twelve of Chapter four hundred and fifty-
seven of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland,
passed at the January Session eighteen hundred and ninety -
eight, entitled an "Act to repeal Article 45 of the Code of
Public General Laws, title ' Husband and Wife,' and to
re-enact the same with amendments," be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as to read
as follows:

May relinquish
dower, etc.

12. Any married woman may, at whatever age she may be,
relinquish her dower in any real estate by the joint deed of
herself and husband, or by her separate deed, or she may
authorize an agent or attorney to relinquish the same by a
power of attorney executed jointly with her husband or by
herself, without the joinder of her husband. And in like
manner any husband may relinquish his interest in the real
estate of his wife by joint or separate deed, or may authorize
an agent or attorney to relinquish the same by a power of
attorney, executed jointly with his wife, or by himself, with-
out the joinder of his wife.

Approved April 5, 1900.

CHAPTER 196.
AN ACT to authorize the change of name of the Washington
and Rockville Railway Company of Montgomery County,
a corporation formed under the provisions of Article 23 of
the Code of Public General Laws of this State, and to
authorize the consolidation of said company with certain