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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

by the act of eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, chapter seventy-

four, were adopted by the General Assembly in such a way as to

make the said Code the sole Code of Public General and Public

Local Laws of this State; and

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it is most important that no doubt should exist as

to the legality of the adoption of said code and reprint thereof ;

therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland
That the Code of Public General and Public Local Laws adopted

and legalized by the General Assembly by the act of eighteen

hundred and eighty-eight, chapter seventy-four, and the reprint.

thereof incorporating therein the acts of the session of eighteen

hundred and eighty-eight, and which reprint was deposited by

said John 'Prentiss Poe with the clerk of the court of appeals as.

To adopt

directed by said act of eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, chap-

and legal-

ter seventy-four, and of which deposit due notice was given by

ize.

said clerk of the court of appeals by public advertisement as re-

quired by said act, be and the same are hereby adopted and legal-

ized and the said reprint of said code be and the same is hereby

declared to be the sole Code of Public General and Public Local

Laws of this State, as provided in said act of eighteen hundred

and eighty-eight, chapter seventy-four, as of the date of January
thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, when the same

went into effect; and the said act of eighteen hundred and eighty-

eight, chapter seventy-four, be and the same is hereby ratified

and confirmed to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

Effective.

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

the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.

CHAPTER 244.

AN ACT to add five new sections to article eighty-one, of the

Code of Public General Laws, title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-

title "Payment of Taxes by Corporations," to come in after

section eighty-eight, and to be severally designated as "Sections

eighty-eight A, eighty-eight B, eighty-eight C, eighty-eight D

and eighty-eight B."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

To add

That five new sections be added to article eighty-one, of the Code

of Public General Laws, title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-title

"Payment of Taxes by Corporations," to come in after section

eighty-eight, and to be severally designated as "Sections eighty-