WM. PINKNEY WHYTE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 11

such transactions on the part of insurance companies
incorporated under the laws of this State; all laws of
this State regulating and providing for the purchase
and holding of real estate by insurance companies
of this State shall be construed to bear with equal
effect in law upon companies of other States purchas-
ing or holding real estate in the State of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved February 13th, 1874.

CHAPTER 10.
AN ACT to declare the sanction of the General
Assembly of Maryland, to the devise and bequest
of Henry Butler, colored, late of Baltimore city,
deceased, to the Trustees of the African Methodist
Episcopal Ebenezer Church of the City of Bal-
more.
WHEREAS, Henry Butler, late of Baltimore city,	Preamble
deceased, by his last will and testament, duly ad-
mitted to probate in the Orphan's Court of Baltimore
city, on or about the ninth day of January, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three,
after certain specific legacies bequeathed all the rest
and residue of his estate to the " Trustees of the
African Methodist Episcopal Ebenezer Church of
the City of Baltimore," in said city for certain pur-
poses connected with the re-building of said church
edifice, and for certain other purposes, all of which
are fully set forth in the said last will and testament,
therefore —
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of	Sanction given to a bequest of
Maryland, That the sanction and consent of the	Henry Butler
General Assembly of Maryland, be and the same is
hereby given and declared to the devise and bequest
of Henry Butler, colored, late of the City of Bal-