THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 703

formed Congregation of Mount Zion Church, Fred- erick county, have applied to the Legislature of Maryland to make valid said bequest and for rem- edy thereof:
SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the legacy of one thousand dollars bequeathed by Thomas B. Kessler, late of Frederick county, State of Maryland, deceased, by his last will dated January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to Peter Beard, in trust for the benefit of Mount Zion German Reformed Church of Frederick county, be and the same is hereby made valid to all intents and purposes, and that the assent of this Legislature is hereby given to said bequest.	Legacy made valid.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the administra- tors with the will annexed of said Thomas B. Kessler, deceased, are hereby authorized and em- powered to pay over said legacy to the trustees of the German Reformed Congregation of Mount Zion Church, Frederick county, to be held by such trustees and their successors in office, upon the trust conferred in relation thereto upon Peter Beard, now deceased, by the will of said Thomas B. Kessler.	Pay over.
Sec. 3 . And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved March 30, 1868.	In force.