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performed in the capacity of screwsman in Tobacco
Warehouse number five, and said sum having been
erroneously paid by the inspector into the State
Treasury.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.	In force
Approved, April 4th, 1874.

CHAPTER 228.
AN ACT for the benefit of Julia A. Dorsey, widow
of Edward Dorsey.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of	Authorized to
Maryland, That the State Treasurer, upon the war-	pay pension.
rant of the Comptroller, be and is hereby authorized
and directed to pay an annual pension of eighty
dollars in four equal instalments of twenty dollars,
to Julia A. Dorsey, widow of Edward Dorsey, who
served in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve,
during the term of her natural life ; provided, that
the Comptroller of the Treasury shall require the
said Julia A. Dorsey, once in each quarter, reckon-
ing from the date of the passage of this act, to
file with him an affidavit of two credible witnesses ;
and the certificate of the County Commissioners
of the county of which she is a resident, or. of
the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore city, if a
resident of said city, setting forth that the affiants
are acquainted with the claimant; that she is a bona
fide resident of the State, and was at the time said
service was rendered ; that she is the identical person
entitled to said pension ; and that the claimant is in
indigent circumstances.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, this 4th day of April, 1874.