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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. If any person residing in this State
shall desire to change his or her name, such,
person may file in the Circuit Court of the
county of his or her residence, or in the Cir-
cuit Court of Baltimore city, if such person
resides in the city of Baltimore, a petition in
which shall be stated the changes which such
person desires shall be made in his or her
name, and the reason therefor, and thereupon
the said Court, upon being satisfied in such
manner as it shall by its rules prescribe, that
the prayer of the said petition should be
granted, shall order and decree that the name
of such person be changed as is prayed in said
petition, and upon the passage of such decree
the true and legal name of such person shall
be that determined by the said decree, and a
copy of the said decree under the seal of said

Change of name

Court, shall be sufficient and legal evidence of
the facts therein stated; the petition provided
for in this section may be filed on behalf of
any infant residing in this State by the father,
or in case the father is a non-resident of this
State, by the mother of such infant, or in the
case of the death of the father and mother of
said infant, by the guardian of such infant ;
the costs of the proceedings provided for in
this section shall be regulated by the said
Court and shall be paid by the petitioner.

Effective.

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1886.

CHAPTER 309.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Granger's
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Frederick
county.

Charter.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That from and after the