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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 109.

AN ACT to declare the sanction of the General

Assembly to a bequest contained in the last will

and testament of Elizabeth Philips, late of Frede-

rick county, deceased, to the Methodist Protestant

church, of Woodsboro.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the sanction of the General

Assembly be and the same is hereby given to a be-

quest contained in the last will and testament of

Sanction given

Elizabeth Philips, late of Frederick county, de-

ceased, which last will and testament was duly

admitted to probate in the Orphans' Court of Frede-

rick county, said bequest being three hundred dollars

to the Methodist Protestant church of Woodsboro.

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

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1882.

Chapter 110.

AN ACT to add an additional section to article

thirty of the Code of Public General Laws, en-

titled " Crimes and Punishments," so as to pro-

vide a punishment for the stealing of dogs.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

Additional

bly of Maryland, That the following section be

section.

added to article thirty of the Code of Public Gen-

eral Laws, entitled " Crimes and Punishments."

SEC. 2. Every person convicted of feloniously tak-

ing and carrying away any dog or bitch, or as

accessory thereto before or after the fact, shall be

Taking dogs

deemed guilty of the crime of larceny, and shall

feloniously.

restore the dog or bitch to the owner thereof, or

shall pay to him the value thereof, and shall be sen-

tenced to confinement in jail for not more than three

months.

Approved March 30, 1882.