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hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, in the
discretion of the court.
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SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the mode of ven-
tilation shall be the same as is now in use in the coal
mines of Allegany and Garrett counties.
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Ventilation.
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SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from and after the date of its passage.
Approved March 30, 1876.
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In force.
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CHAPTER 174.
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AN ACT to pay and compensate D. James Black-
iston for services rendered in the United States
Court in defence of officers of registration, and
presented therein for violation as alleged of the
Act of Congress, entitled "An act to enforce the
rights of citizens of the United States to vote in
the several States of the Union, and for other
purposes. "
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WHEREAS, under the act of the General Assembly
of Maryland passed at the January session of eigh-
teen hundred and seventy -four, chapter sixty-one,
provision was made for the defence of certain officers
of registration, judges of election and other citizens
of this State, then under indictment in the United
States Courts for alleged violations of the acts of
Congress approved May the thirty-first, eighteen
hundred and seventy, entitled " An act to enforce
the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in
the several States of this Union, and for other pur-
poses; " and
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Preamble.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of said act
the said D. James Blackiston was appointed to assist
the Attorney General of the State in the defence of
two of the parties so presented; and
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Preamble.
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