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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Proceeds of

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Trustees

such sale

shall appropriate the proceeds of such sale to the

payment of the debt on the new Providence Meth-

odist Protestant Church.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 298.

AN ACT to declare the sanction of the General As-

sembly to the bequest and devise of Charles Spates,

late of Montgomery county, deceased, to the

Trustees of the Baptist Church at Rockvilie, in

Montgomery county, Maryland.

WHEREAS, Charles Spates, late of Montgomery

Preamble.

county, deceased, by his last will and testament, did

bequeath five hundred dollars, with interest thereon

from the time of his death, to the Trustees of the

Baptist Church at Rockville, in said Montgomery

county, and did also bequeath and devise certain rest

and residue of his estate, real, personal and mixed,

to his son George W. Spates, and in the event of the

death of his said son George W. Spates without law-

ful issue him surviving, did devise and bequeath the

said certain residue of his estate, real, personal and

mixed, to go the Trustees of the Baptist Church at

Rockville, in said Montgomery county; therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Sanction given
to bequest

Maryland, That assent is hereby given to carry

into effect the bequest and devise in the last will and

testament of Charles Spates, late of Montgomery

county deceased, in favor of the Trustees of the

Baptist Church at Rockville, Montgomery county,

the said trustees to hold and dispose of the same at

pleasure.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

In force

from the date of its passage.

Approved, April 11th, 1874.