ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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ment be in writing, signed by the person making the

same.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the

children who shall be committed as aforesaid shall

remain subject to the power and control of the officers

and the directors of the said asylum, and may be bound

or apprenticed or otherwise disposed of by said offi-

cers and directors as fully and in the same manner as

Who to control

is provided for the foundlings and infant orphan chil-

dren in said asylum by the act of the general assembly

of eighteen hundred and sixty-two, chapter ninety-

three, entitled " An act to authorize the Saint Vin-

cent's Infant Asylum of the city of Baltimore to bind

out and control the destitute children under their

care."

SEC. 3. 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 repeal sections two hundred and ninety-

eight, three hundred and one, three hundred and

two, three hundred and three, three hundred

and six and three hundred and seven of article

ninety-three of the Code of Public General Laws,

entitled "Testamentary Law," sub-title "Wills,"

and to re-enact certain sections in lieu of sections

two hundred and ninety-eight, three hundred and

one, three hundred and two, three hundred and six

and three hundred and seven of the said article.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That sections two hundred and ninety-

eight, three hundred and one, three hundred and two,

three hundred and three, three hundred and six and

Re-enacted

three hundred and seven of article ninety-three of

the Code of Public General Laws, title " Testamen-

tary law," sub-title " Wills," be and the same are

hereby repealed, and that sections two hundred and

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