JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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authorized agents, not later than the tenth day of each and
every month, the full amount of wages or earnings due the
said employes, laborers and wage-workers for the previous
month's services, at their respective places of employment or
at any intervals or periods less than the time named in this
Act.

CHAP. 889.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case any of
said corporations or associations mentioned in section 1 of this
Act, and doing business as aforesaid, or any of their officers
shall refuse to make payment at the times set forth in section
1 of this A.ct, to their wage-workers, laborers or other employes
the wages due; them, or any of them, said association, corpora-
tion or officer so refusing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and be liable to indictment therefor, and upon conviction, shall
be fined a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars for each
offense; provided nothing in this Act shall interfere with the
local law providing for two weeks' pay in Allegany county.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.

CHAPTER 590.
AN ACT to add a new Section to Article 90 of Code of
Public General Laws, title " Sureties," to be designated as
Section 5 A..

Penalty
Cor violation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the following additional section be added
to the Code of Public General Laws, title " Sureties," to
follow section 5, and be known as section 5 A of said Article.

New section
added.

Section 5 A. Any surety or the personal representative of
any surety upon the bond of any trustees, committees, guar-
dians, assignees, receivers, executors, administrators or any
fiduciary, may apply, by petition to the Court wherein said
bond directed to be filed or which may have jurisdiction of
said fiduciary, praying to be relieved of further liability as
such surety tor the acts or omissions of such fiduciary, which
may occur after the date of the order relieving said surety.
Any order or decree for such relief shall require such fiduciary
to show cause why he should not account, and said surety be
relieved from further liability as aforesaid, and said fiduciary
be required to give a new bond, and shall be made returna-
ble at such time and place, and to be served in such manner
as said Court may direct, and said Court may restrain such
fiduciary in the meantime from acting except in such manner

Petition to
Court for
relief of
liability as
surety, etc.