WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 491

	CHAPTER 338.
	AN ACT to amend the charter of the Counter and
	Seam Protected Boot Company of Baltimore city,
	by empowering it to hold and dispose of patent
	rights suitable to the purposes of its incorporation.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That the Counter and Seam Pro-	Acquire by
	tected Boot Company of Baltimore city, a corpora-	purchase.
	tion incorporated under the provisions of the General
	Laws of Maryland, be and the same is hereby
	authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase
	or in any other lawful manner, all rights secured
	by any letters patent issued or to be issued by the
	United States, relating to the manufacture of boots
	or shoes, and to assign or otherwise dispose of, in
	the State of Maryland or elsewhere, in whole or in
	part, the rights secured by any such letters patent,
	and to grant licenses to manufacture in the State of
	Maryland or elsewhere, boots or shoes under such	Grant licen-
	letters patent, and also to make any covenants,	ses.
	agreements, bargains or contracts not contrary to
	law, relative to such letters patent, or to the use or
	exercise of the rights thereby conferred, or to the
	articles manufactured under said patents.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
	take effect from the date of its passage, and the	Effective.
	General Assembly reserves to itself the right to
	alter, amend or repeal this act at pleasure.
	Approved April 10, 1880.