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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

[Ch. 595]

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 594.

AN ACT to repeal section 128 of Article 93 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Testamentary Law,"
sub-title "Distribution," and to repeal and re-enact with
amendments section 125 of Article 93 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, of said title and sub-title.

(Vetoed.)

CHAPTER 595.

AN ACT to repeal section 31 of Article 54 of the Code of Pub-
lic General Laws of Maryland of 1904, title "Land Office,"
sub-title "Commissioner, his power and duties," and to re-en-
act the said section 31 of the said article, with amendments,
to read as follows:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Asesmbly of Mary-
land, That section 31 of Article 54 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland, title "Land Office," sub-title "Commis-
sioner—His Powers and Duties," be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:

31. The surveyor before he executes any warrant issued
under the preceding section (30) shall give thirty days' notice
to the owners or occupants of all the adjacent lands, if the same
be occupied, and if the same be not occupied and any of the
owners do not reside in the county or city where the lands lie,
then to the owners of the said adjacent lands, who may reside
in the county or city where the lands lie, and if the adjacent
lands be occupied and the owners do not reside in the county
or city, the surveyor shall give at least one month's notice prior
to the time of the beginning of the survey by publication in
some newspaper of the county, or city of Baltimore, in which
the said lands may be situated, of at least two consecutive week
insertions; said notice shall contain a description of the alleged
land as stated in the said warrant, and if the surveyor shall for