by the United States to the quota of the State of
Maryland; and whereas, the Bounty of said Weck-
er was for a valuable consideration, and without
any notice of any objection assigned to Wm. H.
Bayzand, who holds a power of attorney from said
Wecker, taken on the faith of his enlistment pa-
pers; and whereas, the Bounty Commissioner has
not deemed it proper to pay said Bounty, because
he believes from parol evidence, the said Wecker
to have been under the age of eighteen years when
enlisted, although his enlistment papers certify
that he was duly enlisted, and although he was
passed and approved, and held to service by the
officers of the United States, and retained in the
service until discharged with an honorable dis-
charge paper, and it is right that as the State has
received credit for said Wecker as a duly enlisted
volunteer, and he has been duly discharged, and
his Bounty has been assigned on the faith of the
record of the State and the United States; there-
fore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Bounty Commissioner of
Baltimore county be and he is hereby directed to
pay to W. H. Bayzand, or to his order, the said
Bounty of William Wecker, if the said money be
in his hands, and if the said money shall be, be-
fore such payment by virtue of any law, again re-
turned to the Treasury, then the Comptroller is
hereby directed to issue his warrant to the Trea-
surer for the payment of said Bounty to said W.
H. Bayzand, or to his order.

Commissioner
directed to
pay.

Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from its passage.

In force.