THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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ed, re-enacted and amended so as to read as fol-
lows:

Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That the Treasurer of
the State, upon receipt of lists of such persons
from the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal for
Maryland, or from any other duly authorized offi-
cer of the United States, certifying that such per-
sons were credited upon the quota of this State, he
and he is hereby authorized and directed upon the
warrant of the Comptroller, to pay to every such
soldier, volunteer, or other person, the whole
amount of the bounties provided by the laws refer-
red to, to be paid to them respectively, anything
contained in said law or laws to the contrary not-

Authority to

pay.

withstanding; provided, however, that no payment
shall be made under this Act, to any person desig-
nated as a negro slave in the third section of the
said Act of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, who
shall from the returns made to the Comptroller,
appear to have been paid his bounty as a free per-
son, so enlisting as aforesaid.

Proviso.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer
shall upon the warrant of the Comptroller pay the
bounty of one hundred dollars, provided by sec-
tion three of the Act to which this is a supplement,
to the former owner of every person designated in
said section as a "negro slave, " who shall appear
to have been enlisted in the service of the United
States from this State, by lists or certificates as
provided for in the preceding section of this Act,
and every claimant or master as aforesaid, shall file
his own affidavit of ownership, and the sworn tes-
timony of two witnesses cognizant of the fact.

Bounty to be
paid former
owner.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

In force,