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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 351.
AN ACT for the benefit of Emeline Redue, widow
of Joseph Redue, Soloman Scott and John V.
Soloway.
SECTION 1. Se it enacted by Hie General Assembly of
Maryland, That the State Treasurer, upon the war-	Appropriation.
rant of the Comptroller, be and is hereby authorized
and directed to pay an annual pension, in four equal
instalments of twenty dollars, to Emeline Redue,
widow of Joseph Redue, a soldier in the war of
eighteen hundred and twelve, Solomon Scott and
John V. Soloway each of whom were also soldiers
in said war, during the term of their natural lives,
the said sum of eighty dollars, to be paid as aforesaid
to each of said persons ; provided, that the Comp-	Proviso.
troller of the Treasury shall require each of the said
persons, once in each quarter reckoning from the
date of this act, to file with him an affidavit of two
creditable witnesses, and the certificate of the
County Commissioners of Kent county, or of any
other county in the State, in which they may be
resident, or the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore
city, if a resident of said city, setting forth that the
affiants are acquainted with the claimants ; that said
claimant is a bona fide resident of the State and was
at the time said service was rendered, he or she is the
identical person entitled to said pension, and 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 April 11th, 1874.