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act to the Governor of West Virginia, with the request that

he present the same to the Legislature of West Virginia

with the expression of the wish of this State that the con-

currence of the State of West Virginia may be given to the

proposition for arbitration herein contained, and that an

arbitrator may be appointed by that State in accordance

with the terms of this act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That upon the accept-

ance by the State of West Virginia of the mode of settle-

Attorney

ment of said dispute, as to said boundary line, and the

General

selection of an arbitrator by said State as provided by this

act, the attorney-general be and he is hereby authorized to

dismiss the suit of the State of Maryland against the State

of West Virginia now pending in the Supreme Court of the

United States, instituted in pursuance of provisions of the

act of 1890, chapter 563.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 22nd, 1892.

CHAPTER 160.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to pay the claims

of William L. Pfeiffer and George Jewell, for work done

and material furnished at the State House and executive

mansion during the present year.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

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Maryland, That the comptroller be and he is hereby author-

priations

ized and directed to issue his warrant upon the treasurer

to pay to William L. Pfeiffer for work done and material

furnished in preparing the State House for the meeting of

the present General Assembly, four hundred and seventeen

dollars and sixteen cents ; to George Jewell for work done

and material furnished in repairing brick work at the

executive mansion and the executive stables, one hundred

and thirty-three dollars, all of which labor performed and

material furnished, was by the order of the governor, under

the superintendence of John B. Flood, superintendent of

public buildings, the vouchers for each and every item of

expenditure having been presented to the committee of the

House of the General Assembly having jurisdiction over

appropriations.

Effective.

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

from the date of its passage,

Approved March 22nd, 1892.