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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

General Laws of Maryland, title " Justice of the Peace,"

Amend-

sub-title "Civil Jurisdiction," be and the same is hereby

ment

repealed, amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

SEC. 9. The jurisdiction of justices of the peace extends

Jurisdic-

to cases where administrations are parties plaintiffs or

tion where
adminis-

defendants except that no administrator shall be sued before

trators ore

a justice within twelve months from the date of his letters ;

parties

"provided, that in the city of Baltimore the said suits may

be brought within three mouths from the date of such

letters."

Effective

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

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.

CHAPTER 620.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to pay Frank T.

Gibson and B. T. Highley for publishing the constitutional

amendments and Governor's proclamation iu accordance

witli authority from the Governor of the State of Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted hy the General Assembly of

Appro-

Maryland, That the Comptroller of the State be and he is

priations.

hereby authorized and directed to issue his warrant upon

the treasurer of the State for one hundred and twenty dol-

lars in favor of Frank T. Gibson, editor and proprietor of

the Comet and Advertiser, a weekly newspaper printed and

published at St. Michael's, and one hundred and twenty

dollars for Burton T. Highley, publisher of the Talbot Times,

in Talbot County, for publishing the constitutional amend-

ments and Governor's proclamation according to authority

given by the Governor of the State of Maryland.

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

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.