176 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 93]

20. If no brother or sister of the whole blood, child or chil-
dren, grandchild or grandchildren, or descendants from such
brother or sister, then to the brothers or sisters of the half-blood
and their descendants in equal degree equally.

27. If in the descending or collateral line, any father or
mother shall be dead, the child or children of such father or
mother shall by representation be considered in the same degree
as the father or mother would have been if living, and shall have
the same share of the estate as the father or mother, if living,
would have been entitled to, and no more; and in such case
when there are more children than one the share aforesaid shall
be equally divided among such children; provided, that there
be no representation admitted among collaterals after brother's
and sister's grandchildren.

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

Approved April 4, 1912.

CHAPTER 93.

AN ACT to appropriate certain sums of money to the support
of sundry schools and charitable institutions in the State of
Maryland for each of the two fiscal years ending on the thir-
tieth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and
on the thirtieeth day of September, nineteen hundred and
fourteen, respectively.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the sums of money hereinafter named be and .they
are hereby appropriated to the support of the hereinafter men-
tioned schools and charitable institutions in the State for each
of the two fiscal years ending on the thirtieth day of September,
nineteen hundred and thirteen, and on the thirtieth day of
September, nineteen hundred and fourteen, respectively, to wit:

1. To the House of Good Shepherd, the sum of three thou-
sand dollars for the fiscal year 1913, and the like sum of three
thousand dollars for the fiscal year 1914, to be issued in accord-
ance with the provisions of section 484 of Article 27 of the
Code of Public General Laws.

2. To St. Joseph's House of Industry, the sum of five thou-
sand dollars for the fiscal year 1913, and the like sum of five
thousand dollars for the fiscal year 1914.