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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

in case of the sickness or necessary absence of the

fovernor from the seat of government of the state

uring the session of the General Assembly, it shall

Govemor may
designate some

be lawful for the governor to designate some person or

other person.

persons to act for him in receiving bills presented for

his approval, which designation shall be in writing

addressed to the presiding officers of the two houses

of the General Assembly respectively, and the same,

when so received, shall be entered at length upon the

journal of each house; all bills passed by the General

Assembly, and sealed with the great seal, which shall

be presented as aforesaid to the person or persons so

designated by the governor, and during the period for

which he or they were so designated, shall be held and

considered as presented to the governor for his ap-

proval within the meaning of the constitution of the

state.

SEC. 2. The governor shall not affix the great seal

to any document without accompanying it with his

Signature to
accompany.

signature, nor shall he permit any paper, issuing from
his department, to be sealed therewith without affix-

ing his signature thereto.

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

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage

Approved March 20, 1884.

Chapter 79.

AN ACT to authorize and direct the County Commis-

sioners of Charles county to pay to Edward L.

Hunt the sum of eleven dollars and seventy-five

cents, for money paid for crow bills during the years

eighteen hundred and eighty-two and eighteen

hundred and eighty-three.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the county commissioners of

Refund money

Charles county are hereby authorized and directed to

paid.

pay to Edward L. Hunt, of said county, the sum of

eleven dollars and seventy-five cents, out of any money

that may be in their hands not otherwise appropriated,