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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

books papers and accounts of said bank, shall be open

to inspection, under such regulations as may be pre-

scribed by law.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That whenever any deposit

Deposits.

shall be made by a minor, the Directors of said Bank

may, at their discretion, pay to such depositor, such

sum or sums, as may be due him or her,, and the

check, receipt or acquittance of such minor, shall be

valid; and the deposits of married women, shall be

received, or held and paid out on precisely the same

terms and conditions as those of other adult persons;

any law or statute of this State to the contrary thereof

in anywise notwithstanding :

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the issue of notes

Issue of notes.

usually denominated " bank notes, " which it shall

be lawful for the corporation to issue, shall not at

any time exceed the amount of capital stock paid in ;

and no note shall be issued of less amount than one

dollar, nor of any amount intermediate between five

and ten dollars.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That this act shall

In force

take effect from the date of its passage, and the

General Assembly reserves the right to alter or

amend this act at pleasure.

Approved April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 332.

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of

the State Government, for the year ending thirty-

first December, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Appropriation

Maryland, That for the expenditures in the support

of the Government for the year ending the thirty-

first day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-

four, the following sums of money, or so much

thereof as may be necessary, be and the same are

hereby appropriated, that is to say :