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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 24. E. And be. it enacted, That if any person

shall wilfully and maliciously put any stake, log,

Not to obstruct

stone, ballast or other obstruction in the berth or

haul of any fishery, he shall pay a fine of not less

than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, at

the discretion of the justice of the peace trying the

case.

SEC. 23. F. And be it enacted, That this act shall

In force

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, 16th March, 1874.

CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT to empower the Board of Trustees of the

Methodist Episcopal Church of Cumberland, to

sell and convey a certain lot of ground in said city

WHEREAS, Thomas Beall, of Samuel, of Allegany

Preamble

county, did in the year of our Lord, one thousand

seven hundred and ninety-nine, convey by deed to-

Joseph Cresap and John J. Jacob and their suc-

cessors, in trust for the use of the Methodist Society

in the town of Cumberland, as a place for public and
divine worship, a lot of ground in said town, which

said deed was duly recorded among the land records

of Allegany county, and the property taken and

held under it for the last seventy-three years, and

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Methodist

Preamble.

Episcopal Church of Cumberland, the successors of

the Trustees of the aforesaid Methodist Society, are

desirous to sell and dispose of the said lot of ground

for the purpose of applying the proceeds to the

liquidation of debts upon their present house of
worship, in the City of Cumberland! therefore —

SECTION 1. Se it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That the Board of Trustees of the Metho-

Authorized to

dist Episcopal Church of Cumberland, be and are

sell lot

hereby authorized and empowered to sell and dispose