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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

act shall not apply to the district or districts in

which a majority of the voters in said district or dis-

tricts shall have declared " Against fence," but they

shall be, as to those districts, absolutely void and of

none effect.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all laws incon-

Inconsistent
acts repealed.

sistent with the provisions of this act are hereby
repealed.

Approved April 5, 1878.

CHAPTER 446.

AN ACT to authorize Hon. Edward Hammond, one

of the Judges of the Circuit Court for Howard

county, to sell or exchange a sufficient number of

the duplicate copies of the Maryland Reports be-

longing to the Circuit Court or Orphans' Court

for Howard county to complete the set of State

Reports belonging to the Circuit Court for the

county aforesaid.

Whereas the Circuit Court for Howard county has

Preamble.

never been furnished with the reports of Harris and

McHenry, and the seven volumes of Harris and

Johnson ; therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That Hon. Edward Hammond, one

of the associate judges for the fifth judicial circuit

of Maryland, be and he is hereby authorized to dis-

Authorized

pose of, by sale or exchange, a sufficient number of

to sell, &c.

the duplicate reports of the decisions of the Court

of Appeals of Maryland belonging to the Circuit
and Orphans' Courts of Howard county, to make the

set of Maryland Reports belonging to the said Cir-

cuit Court complete, or as nearly so as possible.