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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the rendition of said decision by the said Court of
Appeals of Maryland, had entered upon and dis-
charged the duties of Constables in said city ;
wherefore it is deemed expedient, in order to save
trouble, inconvenience and litigation to pass an
Act making valid the official acts of said Con-
stables done by them pending said decision, there-
fore,

Legal and
valid.

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That all the official acts of the Con-
stables aforesaid, done by them prior to the date
of the rendition of the aforesaid decision, be, and
the same are hereby made legal and valid in all
respects, as if the said Constables had been legally
qualified and authorized to perform such official
acts at the time said acts and each of them were
performed.

In force.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1868.

CHAPTER 469.

AN ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT to the Act
entitled "An Act for founding an Academy at
Hagerstown, in Washington County.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is represented that the provisions of
the first Section of the Act passed March 10th,
1864, entitled "An Act to provide for the succes-
sion of the Hagerstown Academy," have not been
complied with for a number of years past, therefore,

Election for
trustees.

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That an election for seven Trustees
for the Hagerstown Academy be held on the first
Monday of May next, and on the first Monday of
every succeeding May hereafter, by the stock-
holders in said institution, in the manner pre-
scribed by the original Act, at such place in