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the court may think proper to allow, laid out in the
recovery or security of any part of the estate, and the
court may also allow him credit for any live stock
killed, for the necessary use of the family, before a
sale.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, March 27, 1874.

CHAPTER 156.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact section six, of arti-
cle seven, of the Code of Public General Laws,
entitled "arbitration and award."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section six of article seven, of the	Repealed and re-enacted.
Code of Public General Laws, title "arbitration and
award," be, and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted so as to read as follows :
6. In every case where an award shall be made
upon such reference, the party in whose favor the
award shall be given, shall cause a copy thereof to be
delivered to the adverse party or his attorney, at least	Award
three days before judgment is moved for thereon; and
the clerk shall not enter judgment thereon, until no-
tice is made to, and direction is received from the
Court ; and the court shall always have satisfactory
proof by the party's own oath or otherwise, that a
copy has been delivered to the adverse party or his
attorney, before judgment shall be entered thereon, unless the parties or their solicitors file a written	Judgment
agreement waiving or admitting notice, and assent
to judgment on the award, in which case the court,
or one of the judges thereof, may either in term time
or in recess, order the judgment on the award to be
entered.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, March 27, 1874.
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