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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tution and laws of this State, which acts are alleged

to be in violation of the act of Congress, approved

May the thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy,

entitled " an act to enforce the rights of citizens of

the United States, to vote in the several States of

this Union, and for other purposes;" the Governor may
employ two counsel in each case, if he shall deem it

Governor may
employ counsel

expedient, for the defense of the cases mentioned in

said act, and such counsel so employed by him, shall

receive such compensation for his or their services aa

the Governor shall certify to be proper, not exceeding

two hundred dollars, to each counsel in each case, as

full compensation, unless said case shall go to the

Supreme Court of the United States.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller is

hereby directed and authorized to draw his warrant

Draw warrant
on Treasurer

upon the Treasurer for such sums, and in favor of

such counsel as the Governor shall certify, to be paid

from any unused portion of the ten thousand dollars

appropriated by the act to which this is a supplement ;

which said ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof

as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for such

purpose, together with the purposes of the act to

which this is a supplement.

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

In force

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11th, 1874.