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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Chapter 109.
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AN ACT to declare the sanction of the General
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Assembly to a bequest contained in the last will
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and testament of Elizabeth Philips, late of Frede-
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rick county, deceased, to the Methodist Protestant
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church, of Woodsboro.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That the sanction of the General
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Assembly be and the same is hereby given to a be-
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quest contained in the last will and testament of
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Sanction given
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Elizabeth Philips, late of Frederick county, de-
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ceased, which last will and testament was duly
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admitted to probate in the Orphans' Court of Frede-
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rick county, said bequest being three hundred dollars
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to the Methodist Protestant church of Woodsboro.
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SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this act shall take
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effect from the date of its passage.
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Approved March 30, 1882.
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Chapter 110.
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AN ACT to add an additional section to article
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thirty of the Code of Public General Laws, en-
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titled " Crimes and Punishments," so as to pro-
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vide a punishment for the stealing of dogs.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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Additional
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bly of Maryland, That the following section be
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section.
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added to article thirty of the Code of Public Gen-
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eral Laws, entitled " Crimes and Punishments."
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SEC. 2. Every person convicted of feloniously tak-
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ing and carrying away any dog or bitch, or as
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accessory thereto before or after the fact, shall be
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Taking dogs
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deemed guilty of the crime of larceny, and shall
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feloniously.
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restore the dog or bitch to the owner thereof, or
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shall pay to him the value thereof, and shall be sen-
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tenced to confinement in jail for not more than three
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months.
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Approved March 30, 1882.
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