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congregation, according to the discipline and gov- ernment of the Roman Catholic Church, to be improved, enjoyed or used for a church, parsonage, burial ground, school house, or any or all of said purposes.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved March 30, 1868.	In force.
CHAPTER 269. AN ACT to compensate Joseph M. Palmer for services rendered the State in two cases, the one against George Otto, the other against George Hape, both of whom stood charged with a rob- bery committed in Carroll County on the pre- mises of Peter Otto, and to which cases he was assigned as assistant counsel by the Governor of the State on the thirty-first day of March, eigh- teen hundred and fifty-five.
SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Comptroller of the Treasury be and he is hereby directed to issue his warrant to the Treasurer to pay to the order of Joseph M. Palmer the sum of three hundred dollars in full for services rendered the State in the aforesaid cases.	Treasurer to pay.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from and after the day of its passage. Approved March 30, 1868.	In force.