ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

305

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said sum of

one thousand dollars, hereby annually appropriated

for five consecutive years, shall be and is hereby made

payable by the treasurer of the State of Maryland, on

the warrant of the comptroller, to the president of the

How payable

board of trustees of Charlotte Hall School, in Saint

Mary's county, in this state, on the first day of June,

eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and annually there-

after on the same day in each of the consecutive years

named in this act, and no longer.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 338.

AN ACT to simplify the proceedings for the renewal

of leases for ninety-nine years, renewable forever.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That in all cases where proceedings

shall have been or shall be instituted for the renewal

of leases for ninety-nine years, renewable forever,

which shall have expired, or shall be about to expire,

and the court shall have decreed or shall decree the

renewal of such leases, such decree shall be sufficient

Decree suffi-
cint to renew

to renew the title of all parties to such leases, their

lease.

heirs, personal representatives and assigns, as the case

may be, for another term of ninety-nine years, as fully

as if the lease so renewed had been originally made

for a length of time equivalent to such renewal term,

added to the original term; provided that no such

decree shall bind any person not a party to said suit.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That a copy of such

decree shall be recorded among the land records of

Decree record-
ed

the county or city where the lands demised in such

leases lie.

Approved April 8, 1884.