WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOTERNOR

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prove or illustrate the matters in controversy, either

by actual survey or by protraction as herein pro-

vided; if said patent, deed or other paper shall be

upon the aforesaid list furnished to and returned by

the surveyor; and in all actions of trespass quare

Actions of
trespass.

clausum fregit, where the alleged trespass consists

of excavations of coal, iron, ore or other mineral or

material underground, and such excavations cannot

be measured or located on the plats by reason of the

same having become inaccessible by falls of earth or

otherwise, or by the closing or partial closing of the

galleries, headings, rooms or other excavations con-

stituting or leading to such trespasses, then and in

all such cases it shall be lawful and proper to prove

Prove by evi-

such trespasses by any evidence otherwise competent

dence,

and admissible, notwithstanding such trespasses

cannot be, and have not been, located in the plats,

and notwithstanding that the defendant has taken

defence on warrant.

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

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.

Chapter 373.

AN ACT to change the name of " The House of

Reformation and Instruction for Colored Chil-

dren," incorporated by chapter three hundred and

ninety-two of the acts of the General Assembly

of Maryland, passed at January session, eighteen

hundred and seventy, so that the same shall here-

after be known as " The House of Reformation."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the name of " The House

of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Chil-

dren," incorporated by chapter three hundred and

Change of

ninety-two of the acts of the General Assembly of

name.

Maryland, passed at January session, eighteen hun-

dred and seventy, be and the same is hereby changed

to " House of Reformation."

Approved May 3, 1882.