WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 50.

AN ACT to render valid the official acts of Thomas

Melvin as justice of the peace in and for the third

election district of Caroline county.

WHEREAS it has been reported to this General

Assembly that Thomas Melvin was appointed a

justice of the peace in and for the third election dis-

trict of Caroline county, and that he duly qualified

by taking the oath of office on the first day of May,

eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and continued

therefore to perform the duties of said office; and

Preamble.

whereas, the said Thomas Melvin, Esq., was after-

wards reappointed to the same office in eighteen

hundred and eighty, but failed thereafter to take the

oath of office as prescribed by law, but notwithstand-

ing such failure continued and still continues to dis-

charge the duties of said office; and whereas, doubts

are entertained as to the validity of his official acts

since his said reappointment and failure to qualify

as aforesaid —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That all the official acts done and

performed by said Thomas Melvin, Esquire, since

his said reappointment in eighteen hundred and

Valid and

eighty, be and the same are hereby declared to be

valid and lawful in the same manner as if he had,

after his said reappointment, duly taken the oath of

office prescribed by the constitution and laws.

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

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 21, 1882.