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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

he was therefore unable to collect the taxes on

said sum; and whereas it appears, by said petition

and accompanying papers, that the said Watkins

paid the taxes due the State on the full amount

placed in his hands for collection, together with

the interest thereon; and whereas section twenty-

Preamble.

three of article three of the Constitution has been

fully complied with, the Comptroller and Treasurer

of the State having examined said petition and

recommended the passage of a law authorizing the

refunding of the sum of three hundred and fifty-

eight dollars and sixteen cents to the said J.

Maurice Watkins; therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the Comptroller of the

Issue warrant.

Treasury be and he is hereby requested and directed

to issue his warrant upon the Treasurer to pay to

the said J. Maurice Watkins the said sum of three

hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixteen cents.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.

Chapter 319.

AN ACT to amend section eleven of an act enti-

tled "An act to incorporate Washington, Coles-

ville and Ashton Turnpike Company," passed

at the January session, eighteen hundred and

seventy.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That section eleven of an act

entitled '' An act to incorporate the Washington,

Repealed and
re-enacted.

Colesville and Ashton Turnpike Company," passed
at the January session, eighteen hundred and sev-

enty, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-en-

acted so as to read as follows :

SECTION 11. And be it enacted, That the said

Authorized to

company be and they are hereby authorized to

make branches

make branches to said road, not exceeding ten miles