EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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ture and fixtures and repairs in any of the State Tobacco Ware-

houses in the City of Baltimore.

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

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 414.

AN ACT to repeal Section 3 of Article 57 of the Code of Pub-

lic General Laws, title "Limitation of Actions," and to re-

enact the same, with amendments.

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

Limitation of

land, That Section 3 of Article 57 of the Code of Public General

actions.

Laws, title "Limitation of Actions," be and the same is hereby

repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

3. No bill, testamentary, administration or other bond ( ex-

Pertaining to

cept sheriffs and constables' bonds), judgment, recognizance,

life of judg-
ments, etc.

statute merchant, or of the staple or other specialty whatso-

ever, except such as shall be taken for the use of the State,

shall be good and pleadable, or admitted in evidence against

any person in this State after the principal debtor and creditor

have been both dead twelve years, or the debt or thing in action

is above twelve years' standing; provided, however, that every

payment of interest upon any single bill or other specialty shall

suspend the operation of this section as to such bill or specialty

for three years after the date of such payment ; saving to all

persons who shall be under the aforementioned impediments of

infancy or insanity of mind the full benefit of all such bills.

bonds, judgments, recognizances, statute merchant, or of the

staple or other specialties, for the period of six years after the

removal of such disability.

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

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904

CHAPTER 415.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Public Works to provide for

the securing of broken bricks, crushed stone, plaster and

other materials in the burnt district of Baltimore City, and

to transport the same to the oyster beds in the Chesapeake

Bay and its tributaries, in need of materials to replenish the

shells and natural rock necessary for the growth of the oys-

ters, and to provide for the transportation of the same from

Baltimore City to the said oyster beds.

WHEREAS, Owing to the late fire in Baltimore City, there:

Oyster spat.

has accumulated a large amount of refuse, consisting of broken

stone, bricks, mortar and other materials suitable for the ac-

cumulation of oyster spat on the oyster grounds of the Chesa-

peake Bay; and,