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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and seventy-six, entitled "An act to repeal section

five of chapter three hundred and eighty-one of the

acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled

Repealed and
re-enacted

'An act to provide for the destruction of hawks and
owls, and to protect the class of small birds, known

with amend-

as insectivorous birds, in Prince George's, Talbot

ments.

and Montgomery counties,' " and to re-enact the

same with amendments, so as to exclude Montgom-

ery and Talbot counties from the provisions of said

sections, be and the same is hereby repealed.

In force.

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

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1878.

CHAPTER 440.

AN ACT to incorporate the town of Havre-de-

Grace, in Harford county, by the name of the

city of Havre-de-Grace.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the town of Havre-de-Grace,

Created into

in Harford county, shall be and is hereby created

a city

into a city by the name of the city of Havre-de-

Grace, and the inhabitants thereof shall constitute a

body politic and corporate under the name of the

Mayor and City Council of Havre-de-Grace, and as

such shall have succession, and by such name may

sue and be sued, may have and use a common seal,

which may be altered at pleasure, and may purchase

and hold real, personal and mixed property, or dis-

pose of the same for the benefit of the said city ;

provided that the purchase or alienation of such

real property where the value thereof shall exceed

Submit to

the sum of five thousand dollars shall first be submit-

voters.

ted to the voters of said city at a general election for

Mayor and Members of the City Council, as provided
by this act, after twenty days public notice, and a

majority of the legal voters assenting thereto.