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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

which was duly admitted to probate by the Orphans'
Court of Baltimore c'ty, and is duly recorded in

the office of the Register of Wills of Baltimore city,

in Wills Liber J. H. B. No. 44, folio 561, etc., among

other bequests and legacies, gave and bequeathed the

sum of one thousand dollars to the Protestant Epis-

copal Church of the Messiah in Baltimore city;

therefore,

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the assent, sanction and

consent of the General Assembly of Maryland be

and the same is hereby given and declared to the

Assent given.

legacy or bequest of one thousand dollars contained

in the last will and testament of said John A. Gam-

brel, deceased, to the Protestant Episcopal Church

of the Messiah in Baltimore city.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 15, 1880.

CHAPTER 46,

AN ACT giving the sanction of the General As-

sembly of Maryland to a certain legacy bequeath-

ed by John Loats, late of Frederick county, de-

ceased, to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of

Frederick in the State of Maryland.

WHEREAS John Loats, late of Frederick county,

deceased, did by his last will and testament, duly

probated and recorded among the testamentary

Preamble.

records of Frederick county, bequeath unto the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick the sum

of one thousand dollars, for the purpose of perpetu-

ally renting a pew of said church, to be kept as a

free pew, and on condition that said church cause