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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

bated and recorded among the testamentary records

in the orphans' court for Baltimore city, viz : to the

Boys' Home Society of Baltimore, the sum of one

thousand dollars; to the North Baltimore Station of

the Methodist Episcopal Church in the city of Balti-

more, the balance due by said church on a promissory

note; to the Baltimore Home of the Friendless, the

sum of five thousand dollars; to the Home for Fallen

Bequests.

Women of Baltimore city (at present located on Exeter

street), three thousand dollars; to the Baltimore

Humane Impartial Society and Aged Women's Home,

the sum of one thousand dollars; to the Baltimore

Humane Impartial Society and Aged Women's Home,

the sum of one thousand dollars, to be applied to the

purposes and usage of the Aged Men's Home; to the

Maryland Bible Society and the Maryland Tract

Society the residue of the estate, to be equally divided

between them share and share alike.

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

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 393.

AN ACT to authorize certain officials to commit des-

titute children to the St. Yincent's Infant Asylum

of the city of Baltimore.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That any justice of the peace or the

trustees of the poor of said city may commit to the

Saint Vincent's Infant Asylum of the city of Balti-

more, foundlings, and all children who may be desti-

Who may com-
mit.

tute or suffering for want of support, either as orphan
children or because of the extreme indigence or

vagrancy or bad habits or neglect of parents, or who

may be found begging about the streets of said city,

or who may be the children of beggars; provided,

however, that such children shall be under the age of

six years when so committed, and that the commit-