LLOYD LOWNDLS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

memoranda therein pertaining to such claims, to be made or
taken.

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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all such judgments or claims
shall be authenticated, proven and certified on or before the
first day of September, 1896; and whenever any such judgment
or claim authenticated, proven or certified, as aforesaid, shall
be presented to any judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of
Maryland, having jurisdiction in equity to pass orders or de-
crees in the Circuit Court for Washington county, it shall be
the duty of said judge to pass an order on such judgment or
claim, certifying that the same has been duly authenticated,
proven and certified, as required by this act, and in what
amount, and directing the clerk of said court to file said claim
and order in said case; and all such judgments and claims,
when so filed in said cases, shall bear interest from the date of
said order, and shall be entitled to all the benefits intended to
be conferred by this act, by way of the waiver of the State's
liens in favor of said claims or otherwise as herein pro-
vided.

When claims
to be proven.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That a certified copy of such
order, under the seal of said court, shall be sufficient evidence
of any such judgment or claim, and of the amount thereof,
and that it is entitled to all the benefits conferred upon such
claims by this act, in any court of law or equity in any pro-
ceeding in this State.

Evidence of
claims.

SEC. 1. And be it enacted, That the assignee of any such
judgment or claim, authenticated, proven, certified and filed,
as hereinbefore provided, shall be entitled to all the benefits
of this act conferred upon such claims as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as the original owner thereof could or would
have been entitled had not such claim been assigned.

Assignees of
claims.

SEC. 8. Be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.

Approved April 2d, 1896.

Effective.