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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and Process," be and the same is hereby amended by adding
a new section thereto, to be known as Section 186B.

186B. It shall not be necessary for the answer or any other
pleadings of a corporation to be under the corporate seal.

Approved March 20, 1900.

CHAPTER 74.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Chapter
four hundred and ninety-nine of the Acts of eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-eight of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, entitled an Act to amend Article 93 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Testamentary
Law," by adding a new section thereto, to be known as
Section 290 A.

Hew section
added.
Testamentary
Law.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Chapter four hundred and ninety-nine of the Acts
of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight of the General Assembly
of Maryland, entitled an Act to amend Article 93 of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Testamentary
Law," by adding a new section thereto, to be known as
Section 290A, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-en-
acted, so as to read as follows:

Sale of prop-
erty ratified.

290 A. Whenever a sale of real or leasehold estate is made
under the authority of the Orphans' Court, or under power
contained in a will, and is reported to said Court for its
ratification, the sale may be ratified by said Court at once
without the publication of an order nisi; provided all parties
in interest are sui juris and their consent is given to such
immediate ratification.

Approved March 20, 1900.

CHAPTER 75.
AN ACT to provide for the establishment of an electric light
plant in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Electric light
plant in
Hagerstown.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That as soon as the electric light plant hereinafter pro-
vided for shall have been completed and put in operation in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, there shall be no
lighting at municipal expense of the streets, 'alleys, squares,