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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 4, 1870.	In force.
CHAPTER 197. AN ACT to add an additional Section to the Pub- lic Local Laws of Wicomico County, to be en- titled " Witnesses." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem- bly of Maryland, That each witness summoned to attend the Circuit Court for Wicomico County
shall be entitled to receive for each day he shall attend, the sum of seventy-five cents and an al- lowance of four cents per mile for every mile his place of residence shall be distant from the place of holding the Court, to be computed for each days's attendance. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 4, 1870.			Compensation to witnesses. In force.
CHAPTER 198.
AN ACT to authorize the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company to distribute certain of its assets among its stockholders, and to reduce its capital.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall be lawful for the Cum- berland Coal and Iron Company to distribute rate- ably among its stockholders fifty thousand shares of the capital stock of the Consolidation Coal Com- pany of Maryland, acquired by the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company, pursuant to the provi- sions of the Act of the General Assembly of Mary- land of eighteen hundred and sixty, Chapter two hundred and sixty-five.		Distribute capital stock.