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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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land House of Correction for not less than three nor more
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than six months, or both fine and imprisonment, in the discre-
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tion of the court of justice.
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Approved March 3, 1904.
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CHAPTER 28.
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AN ACT relating to Christ Church, Rock Spring, Harford
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County, confirmatory of incorporation and corporate acts
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and powers.
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WHEREAS, The record of incorporation of the congrega-
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Ratification of
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tion of Christ Church, Rock Spring, Harford County, has
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an old record
of incorpora-
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become unable to be found and, therefore, said congregation
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tion.
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has been incorporated under the general incorporation laws of
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the State, although said congregation has been an organized
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body since at least the year 1805, and has maintained its regu-
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lar church organization as a congregation of the Protestant
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Episcopal Church in the State of Maryland by the annual
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election of its vestries, participation and membership in the
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Diocesan Convention of that Church in the State, and has been
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recognized by the Protestant Episcopal Church authorities of
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the State as a regularly organized and incorporated church
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congregation, and for the purpose of ratifying and confirming
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its former acts and investing them with full authority in law.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
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Declarations of
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land that Christ Church, Rock Spring, Harford County, in
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incorporation.
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St. John's Parish, be and the same is hereby declared to have
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been and to be a regularly organized and incorporated body
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of the State of Maryland, and that all the acts of the said
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vestry of said church in relation to the tenure, sale and con-
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veyance of property of whatever description held or sold and
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conveyed by them be and the same are ratified, confirmed and
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established as valid and sufficient in law.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
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from the date of its passage.
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Approved March 3, 1904.
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CHAPTER 29.
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AN ACT to authorize and direct the County Commissioners
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of Washington County to refund to Mrs. Clara Hamilton,
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