108 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 53]

CHAPTER 53.

AN ACT to declare the sanction and consent of the General
Assembly of Maryland to the bequest contained in the will of
Maria Louisa Pratt to the First Independent Church of
Baltimore City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the sanction and consent of the General Assembly of
Maryland be and the same are hereby declared, given and
granted to the bequest by the will of Maria Louisa Pratt.
deceased, recorded in the office of the Register of Wills of Balti-
more City in "Wills," Liber H. W. J. No. 111 folio 343, of
twenty thousand dollars to the First Independent Church cf
Baltimore City, at the northwest corner of Charles and Frank-
lin in said city.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.

Approved March 27, 1912.

CHAPTER 54.

AN ACT providing for the building of a high school building
and providing heating apparatus therefor in the Town of
Vienna, Dorchester county, Maryland, and to authorize and
require the Board of County School Commissioners of said
county to borrow money for the purpose of building said high
school building and providing heating apparatus therefor by
the sale of the present school buildings in said town and by
the issuing of bonds to be endorsed by the County Commis-
sioners of Dorchester County, and authorizing the County
Commissioners of said county to levy taxes on the assessable
property of said county to redeem said bonds.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That William A. Percy, George W. Millard, Allen Webb,
Clarence Higgins and Vernon A. Hitch be and they are hereby
appointed a committee to be styled "The Building Committee
of Vienna High School," to serve without pay, for the purpose
of building a high school building of brick, to be located on the
present school grounds in said town, on Middle street extended,
and providing suitable and sufficient heating apparatus there-