442
Proviso.
In force.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
meetings of the stockholders of said company by
the County Commissioners for the time being, or by
such person or persons as may be duly authorized by
them; and the said County Commissioners are au-
thorized to levy upon the assessable property of
the county an amount sufficient to pay for the stock
so subscribed for by them; provided, that, in accord-
ance with the provision of article three, section fif-
ty-four, of the constitution, this Act shall be pub-
lished in the newspapers printed in said county for
two months before the next election for members of
the House of Delegates, and shall also be approved
by a majority of all the members elected to each
House of the General Assembly at its next session'
after said election.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 1, 1872.
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Repealed.
Substituted.
Married
women may
hold property
for separate
use.
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CHAPTER 270.
AN ACT to repeal section two, of article forty-five,.
of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled
" Husband and Wife," and to substitute the fol-
lowing in lieu thereof:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section two, of article forty-five, of
the Code of Public General Laws, entitled " Hus-
band and Wife," be and the same is hereby re-
pealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof:
2. The property acquired or owned, according to the provisions of the preceding section, by a married
woman she shall hold for her separate use, with
power of devising the same, as fully as if she -were a
feme sole, or she may convey the same by a joint
deed with her husband; or where the husband is a
lunatic or insane, and has been so found upon inqui-
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