JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Joseph H. Neal, of the town of Cambridge,
in Dorchester county, State of Maryland, be and he is hereby
authorized and empowered to construct and erect a wharf or
shell walk at and adjoining the land of the said Joseph H.
Neal, fronting on said Great Choptank river, in said town of
Cambridge, said wharf or shell walk to extend out into said
Great Choptank river for a distance not exceeding three
hundred yards, to be of a width not exceeding seventy-five
feet, and to be immediately in front thereof, and to run and
extend with the line of the property of the said Joseph H.
Neal, out into the said river ; provided, such wharf or shell
walk be constructed and established on or before the first day
of January, A. D. 1905.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said wharf or shell walk
when so constructed or erected shall be the property of the
said Joseph H. Neal, his heirs and assigns forever.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1902.

CHAPTER 208.
AN ACT regulating the loan of money, when, as security for
such loan, a lien is taken upon household furniture and effects,
musical instruments, typewriters and sewing machines, in
use or located in any dwelling-house, by repealing and
re-enacting with amendments Section 7 of Article 49 of
Code of Public General Laws, title "Interest and Usury,"
as the same was re-enacted by Chapter 404 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at its January
Session in the year 1900.

CHAP. 207.

Authority
given
to construct
a wharf
_or shell walk.

SECTION 1.Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section 7 of Article 49 of the Code of Public
General Laws, title "Interest and Usury," as the same was
enacted by chapter 404 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at its January Session in the year 1900,
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to
read as follows :

Section 7. It shall not be lawful for any individual, partner-
ship, association or corporation lending money within the
limits of this State, and taking as security for the re-payment

Repeal
and re-enact.