ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 447

CHAPTER 253. AN ACT to authorize the appointment of two additional Justices of the Peace for Dorchester county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in addition to the two Justices of the Peace in the first election district of Dor-
chester county, as now provided for by law, there shall be an additional Justice of the Peace ap- dointed for said district in Dorchester county, and also an additional Justice of the Peace in the fifth election district of said county, and the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint and commission two additional Justices of the Peace for said dis tricts.		Additional Justices.
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 254.
AN ACT to Appropriate the sums of money there- in mentioned to pay the Claims of John Mur- phy & Co., heirs at law of A. M. Payne, as- signee of Seth M. Whaley, Thomas E. Dell, Thomas Terry, C. A. S. Wolf, James S. Frank- lin, S. Jackson & Co., James Hopkins, Samuel Stewart, Owen Disney, Jesse Harden, James E. Tate and Cushing and Mediary.
Section. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Treasurer, upon the war- rant of the Comptroller, who is hereby authorized and directed to issue the same, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to John Murphy & Co., seven thousand five hundred and four dollars and seventy-six cents for stationery and books fur- nished the State Library for the General Assembly	Treasurer to pay certain creditors.