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wherein such vacancies may occur; also, provided,
that the said Board of Special Police shall always
consist of two members from Harford county and
one from Cecil county.
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 385.
AN ACT to repeal section two of article thirty-
seven, of the Code of Public General Laws, title
" evidence, " sub-title " competency of witnesses, "
as amended by the act of January session, of
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, chapter one
hundred and sixteen, and to amend and re-enact
the same.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section two, of article thirty-seven,	Repealed and rc-enacted.
of the Code of Public General Laws, title " evidence, "
sub-title " competency of witnesses, " as amended by
the act of January session , eighteen hundred and sixty-
eight, chapter one hundred and sixteen, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments, to read as follows :
2. When an original party to a contract or cause of action is dead, or shown to be lunatic or insane,	Original party is dead.
or when an executor or administrator is a party to
the suit, action or other proceeding, either party may
be called as a witness by his opponent, but shall not
be admitted to testify on his own offer or upon the
call of his co-plaintiff, or co-defendant, otherwise than
now by law allowed, unless a nominal party merely ; provided, that when an executor or administrator,	Proviso.
guardian or committee of a lunatic or insane person,
is a party to the suit, action or other proceeding, when
the cause of action has arisen on a contract made
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