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CHAPTER 299.
AN ACT to amend the charter of the Hannis Dis-
tilling Company of Philadelphia and Baltimore
city.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of	Directors
Maryland, That at any general meeting of the Han- nis Distilling Company of Philadelphia and Baltimore	chosen
city, to be held after the passage of this act, and an-
nually thereafter, eleven of the stockholders shall be
chosen as Directors, of whom at least four shall be
citizens of this State; provided, that at the first gen-
eral meeting, so to be held, this amendment shall be
accepted by a unanimous vote of the stockholders.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 300.
AN ACT to repeal section one hundred and seventy-
nine, of article four of the Code of Public Local
Laws, title " City ofBaltimore" " sub-title " Sheriff, "
and to amend and re-enact the same.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section one hundred and seventy-	Repealed and re-enacted
nine, of article four of the Code of Public Local Laws,
title " City of Baltimore, " sub-title " Sheriff, " be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted to
read as follows :
179. The Sheriff of Baltimore city shall be allowed
four dollars a day, for every day he shall attend either	Allowance for attendance
in person or by deputy, in the Superior Court tor
Baltimore city, and in the Court of Common Pleas,
and in the Baltimore City Court, and in the Criminal
Court of Baltimore, to be paid to him out of the