EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the General Assembly
reserves the right to repeal, alter or amend this Act at its
pleasure.
SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That said company shall be

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Eight to repeal,
etc.

subject to the provisions of Chapter 109 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1892, and any supplements thereto
and amendments thereof; and the liability of the stock-
holders thereof shall at all times be determined by the laws
of this State in force at the time the said liability may
attach.
SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 31, 1906.

CHAPTER 239.
AN ACT to repeal Section 36 of Article 35 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland (of 1904) title "Evi-
dence," sub-title " Commissions to take Evidence from
other States," and to enact in lieu thereof three new sec-
tions of said Article 35, to be numbered Sections 36, 36 A
and 36 B."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section thirty-six (36) of Article thirty-five (35)

Proviso.

of the Code (of 1904) of Public General Laws of Maryland,
title "Evidence," sub-title "Commissions to take . Evidence
from other States," be and the same is hereby repealed, and
that in lieu thereof three new sections of said Article thirty-
five, numbered thirty-six (36), thirty-six A (36 A), and thirty-
six B (36 B), be and the same are hereby enacted, as follows :
36. A party to any civil action, suit or special proceeding,
pending in a court without this State, either in any State,

Repeal.

district or territory of the United States or in a foreign
country, may obtain by the special proceedings prescribed
in the following two sections of this Article, the testimony
of a witness or witnesses, and in connection therewith, the
production of books and papers within this State, to be used
in such action, suit or special proceeding.
36 A. Whenever any commission, or process in the nature
of a commission, to take the testimony of a witness or wit-
nesses named therein within this State shall be issued bv

May obtain
testimony of
witnesses
outside State.