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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to the general regulations of corporations contained in the

Code of Public General Laws and all amendments thereof

hereafter to be made, except in so far as they are in conflict

with the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 22, 1904.

CHAPTER 127.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to erect in St.

Anne's Cemetery, in the city of Annapolis, a monument to

the memory of Thomas G. Pratt, late Governor of Alary-

land ; and also to place in the executive chamber in said

city a portrait of the said Governor.

WHEREAS, The body of Thomas G. Pratt, late Governor

Unmarked

of Maryland, now lies in St. Anne's Cemetery, in the city of

grave.

Annapolis, unmarked ; and

WHEREAS, No portrait of the said Governor is now in the

executive chamber in the said city of Annapolis ; and

WHEREAS, By reason of the great public service rendered

Public services

by him during his term of office, 1844-47, in preserving the

rendered.

public credit, it is fitting that this State should accord to

him its appreciation of a long-delayed, but merited tribute ;

now, therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

A monument

land., That the Board of Public Works be and they are hereby

to be erected
to a former

authorized to have erected in St. Anne's Cemetery, in the

Governor.

city of Annapolis, a suitable monument to the memory of

Thomas G. Pratt, late Governor of Maryland; and also to

place upon the walls of the executive chamber in said city

a portrait to the memory of the said Thomas G. Pratt, late

Governor of Maryland, in appreciation of his eminent services

to the Stale; and the sum of ten hundred dollars, or so much

thereof as way be necessary, be and the same is hereby appro-

priated to carry out the provisions of this Act; and the Comp-

troller of the Treasury is hereby authorized to draw his war-

rant upon the Treasurer for such sums as the Board of Public

Works, upon their requisition, may require.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the elate of its passage.

Approved March 22, 1904.