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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

(both included), the sum of five dollars, where the amount
loaned does not exceed fifty dollars; six dollars where the
amount exceeds fifty dollars and equals one hundred dollars
or less; and five per centum additional of the excess over one
hundred dollars, where the amount loaned exceeds one hun-
dred dollars and equals one thousand dollars or less; and two
and one-half per centum additional of the excess over one
thousand dollars where the amount loaned exceeds one
thousand dollars; for necessary affidavits, recording of papers,
revenue stamps and fire insurance premiums the amounts
actually to be paid for same; provided, that the foregoing
charges may be deducted from the principal of the. loan when
the same is made; and provided, further, that in no case shall
it be lawful to deduct interest in advance nor make any
charges for renewals or extensions of loans, nor to divide or
split up loans under any pretext whatsoever for the purpose
of requiring or exacting any other or greater charges 'than
prescribed herein. And any violation of the provisions of
this Act shall be a misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine of

Penalty for
violation.

one hundred dollars for the first offense, and of a like fine and
imprisonment in jail for thirty days for the second and each
subsequent offense; and further, the entire amount loaned shall
be forfeited to the borrower or borrowers, and the mortgage
therefor given become null and void.
Approved April 10, 1900.

CHAPTER 405.
AN ACT to declare the sanction and consent of the General
Assembly of Maryland to certain deeds made by various
persons in the State of Maryland to the Convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Maryland.

Convention
of the
Protestant
Episcopal
Church of the
Diocese of
Maryland.

SECTION i . Be U enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the sanction and consent of the General Assembly
of Maryland be and the same is hereby declared, given and
granted to the following deeds from certain persons to the
Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese
of Maryland.
(1.) To the deed from W. M. Stirling and wife, dated the
8th day of December, 1898, and recorded among the land
records of Baltimore City in Liber R. O. No. 1765, folio 177.
(2.) To the deed from Rudolph Sommerwerck and wife,
dated the 2oth day of February, 1900, and recorded among
the land records of Baltimore City in Liber R. O. No 1832,
folio 484.