154 LAWS-OF MARYLAND.

	CHAPTER 100. AN ACT to release to William Watson all the right and interest, of the State of Maryland in and to the personal estate of Michael M. Mitchell, late of Baltimore County, deceased.
Preamble.	WHEREAS, Michael M. Mitchell, late of Balti- more County, departed this life intestate, possessed of personal property to the amount of two thousand three hundred dollars, and leaving William Wat- son, who is a lunatic, his step-son ; And whereas, Said William Watson is a lunatic under the care and custody of a committee ap- pointed by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, and is in needy circumstances; and whereas the said personal estate, under the laws of this State, would vest in the Public School of said Baltimore County ;
Relinquish interest.	SECTION 1 . Therefore be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the interest of the State in the personal estate of the said Michael M. Mitchell, deceased, be, and the same is hereby re- leased to the said William Watson, and that he shall receive, have and enjoy the same in the same manner as if he, the said William Watson, had been the child of the said Michael M. Mitchell, deceased, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Jo force.	Sec 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved, March 3, 1868,