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	judgment or decree shall pass against the husband or his estate, but such judgment or decree shall be
	passed against the wife only ; and it shall operate
	only upon her estate held and owned by her prior
	or subsequent to said marriage.
	SEC. 33. Any married woman, against whom any
	proceeding may be taken under this act, shall have	Appoint at-
	power to appoint an attorney at law to act for her	torney.
	in such proceeding, if she shall elect so to do; this
	act shall not apply to eases pending.
	Approved April 10, 1880.

	CHAPTER 254.
	AN ACT to appropriate a snm of money to pay
	Samuel Swope, administrator, cum testamento
	annexe, of Edward Spaulding, late of Carroll
	county, deceased, the amount overpaid by said
	Spaulding as collector of tax for the first election
	district of said county.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That the Comptroller of the
	Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and di-
	rected to issue his warrant on the Treasurer of this
	State, to pay to Samuel Swope, administrator cum
	testamento annexo of Edward Spaulding, late of	Issue warrant
	said county, deceased, the sum of one hundred and
	sixty-three dollars and fifty-six cents, being the
	amount overpaid into the treasury by said Edward
	Spaulding as collector of State taxes for election
	district number one of said county, as certified to
	by the Comptroller of the Treasury.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall	Effective.
	take effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved April 14, 1880.