FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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by-laws at a regular meeting called for the purpose, then

this act shall take effect and all the property of said associa-

Property.

tion heretofore owned by said corporation or hereafter ac-

quired shall be and become vested in said corporation subject

to the conditions as to the alienation as in this act is pro-

vided and subject nevertheless to existing debts and obliga-

tions of said association.

SEC. 10. And be enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 3rd, 1892.

CHAPTER 24.

AN ACT to declare the sanction of the General Assembly

of Maryland, to a devise contained in the last will and

testament of Harriet A. Hayden, deceased.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the sanction of the said General Assembly, be

and the same is hereby given to the devise of a ground rent

Devise.

on a lot of ground on the west side of North Eutaw Street,

in the City of Baltimore, to the vestry of St. Luke's Church,

in said city, contained in the last will and testament of

Harriet A. Hayden, late of Baltimore City, deceased, dated

the fifteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-

six, and iccorded in the office of the Register of Wills of said

city, in wills, Liber R. L. B., No. 64, folio 510, &c.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act sliall

Effective.

take eftect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 25th, 1892.

CHAPTER 25.

AN ACT to add an additional section to article twenty-

seven of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled

"Crimes and Punishment," sub-title "Embezzlement of

Property and Writings," to provide for the punishment of

embezzlement.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

To add.

land, That the following section be added to article twenty-

seven, of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled " Crimes