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	CHAPTER 118.
	AN ACT for the relief of William Layton, surety
	of James A. Stewart, administrator of Joseph
	Stewart, deceased.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That William Layton, of Dor-
	chester county, surety upon the administration bond
	of Joseph Stewart, deceased, be and he is hereby re-
	leased from the payment of all interest with which
	the said James A. Stewart or his surety or sureties
	may be charged or chargeable upon the said ad-
	ministration bond for collateral inheritance taxes;
	provided the said William Layton shall promptly
	pay into the treasury of the State the amount of the	Released
	principal sum due to the State for the collateral in-	from pay-
	heritance taxes aforesaid, and provided that he shall	ment.
	also pay the plaintiff's costs incident to the suit
	against him and others for the recovery of said taxes,
	including such reasonable counsel fee, not to exceed
	two hundred dollars, as may be directed by the Cir-
	cuit Court for Dorchester county, the Comptroller
	and Treasurer of the State having recommended
	that the said interest be remitted.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	Effective.
	efiect from the date of its passage.
	Approved April 14, 1880.