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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 353.

AN ACT to permit the citizens of Meekin's Neck, in

Dorchester county, to shoot Wild Fowl from sink-

boats and floating blinds within the waters of Honga

river and Tar bay.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall be lawful for the citizens of

Lawful to shoot

Meekin's neck, in Dorchester county, to shoot wild
fowl from sink-boats or floating blinds in, on and over

the waters of Honga river and Tar bay, within two

miles of the shore of said Meekin's neck.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts

Inconsistent

of acts, so far as the same are inconsistent herewith,

acts repealed.

are hereby repealed for the purposes of this act.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 351.

AN ACT to authorize the Attorney General of the

State to take such steps as are necessary to obtain

a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States

as to the validity, scope and effect of the " Compact

of seventeen hundred and eighty-five," and to em-

ploy additional counsel with the approbation of the

Governor, and to appropriate a sum of money there-

for.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the attorney general of the state

be and he is hereby authorized to take such steps as

may be necessary to obtain a decision of the Supreme

Test validity of

Court of the United States, as to the validity, scope

compact of 1785

and effect of the "Compact of seventeen hundred and

eighty-five," and that with the approbation of the

governor of the state, he is hereby authorized to em-

ploy additional counsel to assist in any suit for that

purpose, and the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby