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Chesapeake Bay, therein described, from the effect and

operation of sections one and three of article ninety-

eight of the Code of Public General Laws," title " Wild

Fowl," passed at January session, eighteen hundred and

seventy-two, chapter fifty-four, and to re-enact the same

with amendments ; and, also, to repeal section twenty-one

of the same article, as replaced and re-enacted by act

passed at the January session, eighteen hundred and

seventy-six, chapter one hundred and sixty-nine, and to

re-enact the same, also, with amendments....................

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No. 260. An act making appropriations for the support of

the State Government for nine months of the fiscal year

ending on the thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred

and seventy-eight...................................................

414

No. 261. An act to more effectually protect travelers

against the payment of illegal tolls which may be charged
by any of the several turnpike companies chartered under

the act of eighteen hundred and four, chapter fifty-one,

or any supplement thereto........................................

421

No. 262. An act to appropriate the sum of five hundred

dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the

purchase of a lot in Havre-de-Grace, and the erection

thereon of scales suitable for the weighing of hay, straw,

cattle, and other commodities ...................................

422

No. 263. An act to repeal section one hundred and ninety-

nine of article one of the Code of Public Local Laws of

Maryland, entitled " Allegany county," sub-title " Birds,"

as enacted by the act of eighteen hundred and seventy-

four, chapter twenty-three, and enact other sections in

lieu thereof, to be known as 199, 199 a, 199 b, 199 c, and

199 d....................................................................

424

No. 264. An act to add an additional section to article

thirty of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled

" Crimes and Punishments," sub-title " Embezzling Prop-

erty and Writings," to provide for the punishment of

embezzling property and writings..............................

426

No. 265. An act to authorize the Mayor and City Council

of Baltimore to protect its interest as creditor of, and

guarantor for, and stockholder in, the Western Maryland

Railroad Company, and to convert the obligations of