WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 427
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CHAPTER 280.
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AN ACT to refund Joseph L. Watson, of Charles
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county, a sum of money paid by him into the
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treasury as a fine on a forfeited recognizance.
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WHEREAS Joseph L. Watson was surety on a re-
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cognizance bond in the case of the State of Mary-
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land versus John I. Deakens, at the November term
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of the Circuit Court for Charles county, eighteen
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hundred and seventy-five, and did bring the said
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John I. Deakens to the said circuit court on the day
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set for trial, and did use every reasonable exertion
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to retain the said Deakens within the reach of the
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Preamble
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process of the said court, on the case being respited
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from day to day, but the said Deakens escaped from
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the custody of the said Watson and out of the juris-
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diction of the said court, and a fine of one hundred
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dollars was imposed upon the said Watson on the
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forfeiture of the said bond, and paid by him to the
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sheriff of Charles county ; therefore,
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted ty the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That the Comptroller be and he
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is hereby authorized and directed to issue his war-
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rant upon the Treasurer for the payment of one
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hundred dollars to the said Joseph L. Watson, that
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Issue warrant
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being the amount paid by the said Joseph L. Watson
in full settlement of the recognizance case above re-
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ferred to, of the State of Maryland versus John I.
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Deakens, and the same having been recommended
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by the officers of the treasury as is required by the
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constitution.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
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Effective.
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take effect from the date of its passage.
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Approved April 14, 1880.
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