JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER 253.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Harford
County to levy annually a sum of money for the relief of
Amanda Virginia Terry, widow, of said county.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
and, That the County Commissioners of Harford County be
and they are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to levy
and pay annually to Amanda Virginia Terry, of said county,
or to some one for her benefit, a sum of money not exceeding
one hundred dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 254.
AN ACT to provide for a General Index to Wills, Execu-
tors' and Administrators' Accounts, Distributories and
Inventories in the Office of the Register of Wills for Talbot
County, Maryland.

Harford Co.
Pension to
A. V. Terry.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Charles R. Wooters, Register of Wills for Talbot
County, shall make a general Index of all wills, executors'
and administrators' accounts, distributories and inventories
now of record in said office in suitable index books, to be paid
for by the County Commissioners of Talbot County.

Talbot Co.
Make general
index of wills,
etc.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever said
indexes are fully made and completed, the said Charles R.
Wooters shall submit the same for examination and inspec-
tion to the Judges of the Orphans' Court of Talbot County,
and if they shall find that the said work has been faithfully
and properly done, they shall give to the said Charles R.
Wooters a certificate to that effect, and upon presentation of
his account for said work, verified by his affidavit, together
with the certificate of the Judges of the Orphans' Court afore-
said to the County Commissioners of Talbot County, they
shall at their next levy -laying term thereafter levy an amount
sufficient to pay said account.

Examination
of index.
Provision
made for
payment.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Charles
R. Wooters, Register of Wills of Talbot County, shall be
entitled to receive as compensation for said indexing of said

Compensation