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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

dian before the Orphans' Court for Wicomico county,

and to pay and deliver over to the said Covington

S. H. Littleton all his property, real and personal,

and money that may be due him on said final ac-

count, and take his receipt for the same, which shall

be acknowledged and recorded in the office of the

Register of Wills for said county, and have the

same effect as if the same was executed by a person

.

of full age.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Coving-

Be answera-

ton S. H. Littleton shall be answerable in law and

ble.

equity for all liabilities, debts and contracts entered

into by him, and may sue and be sued, as if he were

a man of full age.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 6, 1878.

CHAPTER 10.

AN ACT to provide for the payment of the ex-

penses incurred on the part of the State of Mary-

land in the adjustment of the boundary line be-

tween the States of Maryland and Virginia by

arbitration, and to appropriate a sum of money

therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the sum of nine thousand five

hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appro-

Appropria-
tion.

priated for the payment of the expenses on the part
of the State of Maryland in the adjustment of the

boundary line between the States of Maryland and

Yirginia by arbitration, and the Comptroller is here-

by authorized and directed to issue his warrant upon

Comptroller
authorized to
issue warrant

the Treasurer for the payment thereof in the follow-
ing manner, viz.: To Jeremiah S. Black, for services

rendered as one of the arbitrators, two thousand five

hundred dollars ; to Charles J. Jenkins, for like ser-

vices, two thousand five hundred dollars ; to James B.

Beck, for like services, two , thousand five hundred