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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

lawful possession of such child, of the custody, care

and control of such child, shall be guilty of a mis-

Penalty.

demeanor, and upon conviction, shall suffer impri-

sonment in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding

twenty years, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1876.

CHAPTER 325.

AN ACT to extend the provisions of an act passed

at the session of eighteen hundred and seventy-four,

chapter two hundred and seventy, entitled "an

act to authorize the Mayor and City Council of

Baltimore, to accept conveyance of, and to hold

certain property lying on or near Charles Street

Avenue, in Baltimore county, for a public park."

WHEREAS, by an act of Assembly, passed at the

Preamble

session of the General Assembly of Maryland, held

in the City of Annapolis, in the year eighteen hun-

dred and seventy-four, chapter two hundred and sev-

enty, acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-four,

entitled "an act to authorize the Mayor and City

Council of Baltimore, to accept conveyance of, and

to hold certain property lying on or near Charles

Street Avenue, in Baltimore county, for a public

park," certain powers were granted unto the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore; and

WHEREAS, by the provisions of said act, the powers

therein conferred upon the Mayor and City Council

Preamble

of Baltimore, will expire on the eleventh day of April,

eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Powers ex-
tended.

Maryland, That the powers therein conferred be and