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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1816-17.

the county, to provide and establish a central free school in
each election district of said county, any thing in this act to the
contrary notwithstanding.

CHAPTER 267.
AN ACT to continue in force the Acts of Assembly which would expire
with the present session

Acts
continued.
*1814, ch.
87.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
all such acts, and parts of acts of assembly, (except the act,*
entitled, an act to authorize the several banks in this state to
issue small notes for a limited time, and for other purposes,) as
would expire with the present session, be and the same are
hereby continued until the twentieth day of November next,
and until the end of the next session of assembly which shall
happen thereafter.

DECEMBER, 1817.— CHAPTER 72.

*Nov. 1809,
ch. 138.

A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT,* entitled, an Act concerning Crimes and
Punishments.
See notes to 1809, ch. 138, ante page 572.
SEC. 1. Repealed by 1837, ch. 320.

When per-
sons con-
fined are ac-
cused, con-
victs to be
admitted as
evidence.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That convicts confined in the
penitentiary shall be admitted as witnesses in all cases where
any person confined in the penitentiary may be accused, or on
trial, for any offence whatever, committed while thus confined
in the penitentiary, both for and against such accused persons,
any law, custom or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding.
SEC. 3. See note to 9th sec. of 1809, ch. 138, ante page 583.

CHAPTER 73.
AN ACT to regulate the Charges on Tobacco in Prince George's County.
Merged in 1837, ch. 245.

CHAPTER 78.
AN ACT to provide for the removal of Lunatic Paupers from the several
Counties of this State to the Maryland Hospital.

Lunatic
paupers
may be re-
moved to
hospital.

SEC, 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That on the certification of a majority of the board of trustees
of the poor of any county of this state, of any person's being a
lunatic pauper, the levy court of the county where the case may
occur, may in their discretion cause the said lunatic pauper to
be removed to the Maryland Hospital as soon thereafter as the
nature of the case shall permit.

Levy au-
thorized to
defray
expenses.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the levy court of the county
where the case may occur, are hereby authorized and directed,
to levy such sum of money on the assessable property of said
county as will defray the expenses incident to the removal of