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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 85.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to pay the

claim of Catharine A. Kernan, widow.

WHEREAS Thomas P. Kernan was a duly elected

member of the House of Delegates at its January

session, 1878, and having qualified as such, was pre-

vented from fully performing his legislative duties on

account of a long and painful illness; and whereas,

his failure to have an order passed excusing him

Preamble.

from attendance to the duties of his office was occa-

sioned by his ignorance of the rules of the House

of Delegates governing such cases; and whereas,

said Thomas P. Kernan has lately died, leaving his

widow, Catharine A. Kernan, dependent for her

own support and that of her children upon her own

exertions; now, therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the Treasurer, upon the

warrant of the Comptroller, who is hereby author-

ized and directed to issue the same, be and is hereby

authorized and directed to pay to Catharine A. Ker-

nan, the widow of the late Thomas P. Kernan, the

Pay per diem
and mileage.

sum of four hundred and sixty-five dollars, for mile-

age and per diein salary due the said Thomas P.

Kernan at the time of his death as a member of the

House of Delegates of Maryland at its January ses-

sion, 1878, from the second legislative district of

Baltimore city, this claim having first been reported

upon by the Comptroller as required by the consti-

tution.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effeetlve.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 21, 1882.