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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

necessary and proper to carry into effect the provi-

sions of this act and to promote the designs of the

corporation.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the by-laws,

rules and regulations of the said Merchants' and

Manufacturers' Association of Baltimore shall be the

by-laws, rules and regulations for the government

of the corporation hereby created until the same

shall be regularly repealed or altered by said corpo-

ration; and that the present officers and directors

Officers and di-
rectors.

of the said Merchants' and Manufacturers' Associ-

ciation of Baltimore shall be the officers and direct-

ors of the said corporation hereby created until

the regular times for the election of officers and

directors as prescribed by its by-laws and their

qualifications for office.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said corpo-

ration shall have the power of receiving subscrip-

Powers of cor-
poration.

tions, donations, devises and bequests of money or

real or personal property, in trust or otherwise, and

of purchasing or otherwise acquiring and holding

such property, to be applied by it to the objects of

its incorporation.

Approved March 21, 1882.

Chapter 77.

AN ACT to repeal section thirty-nine of article

thirty-seven of the Code of Public General Laws

of Maryland, title "Evidence," and to re-enact the

same with amendments, as follows :

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That section thirty-nine of article

thirty-seven of the Code of Public General Laws be

Repealed and
re-enacted.

and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so

as to read as follows :

39. If there be no subscribing witnesses to any

such deed, bond, bill, note or other instrument of

writing, or if all the witnesses thereto shall die be-

fore the execution thereof be proved as aforesaid,

proof by a credible witness to the handwriting of