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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

telegram, assembled at their armory awaiting

further orders from the authorities of the State;

and

Whereas for an equal time with the other troops'

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of the State called into service they performed

like duties, and the individual members were sub-

jected to pecuniary loss and inconvenience by such

service; and

Whereas, from a misapprehension of the services

actually rendered by this company, which have

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since been fully recognized, they were not paid by

the State authorities when the other troops of the

State were paid for similar services ; therefore —

SECTION 1. Se it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the sum of one thousand and

twenty-four dollars be and the same hereby is ap-

propriated to pay the Groome Guard Infantry of

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Cecil county, for services rendered the State dur-

ing the disorders of July and August, eighteen

hundred and seventy-seven ; and the Comptroller

be and he hereby is directed to draw his warrant

upon the Treasurer for the sum of one thousand

and twenty-four dollars to be paid to the Adjutant ,

General of the State out of any money in the

Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be by him

disbursed to pay said Groome Guard Infantry, in
like manner and to the same amounts as were paid

to the other troops of the State called into service

at that period.

In force.

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

effect from the day of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1878.