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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 455

CHAPTER 455.

AN ACT to appropriate a certain sum of money for work
done by Wm. T. McDermott on the Fifth Regiment
Armory, Baltimore City.

WHEREAS, E. M. Noel, who had previously entered into a
contract for the erection of the Fifth Regiment Armory in

Preamble.

the city of Baltimore, let the sub-contract for roofing the
same to William T. McDermott, who has done the work
under said sub-contract to the amount of $9,573.50; and

WHEREAS, The said E. M. Noel, without notice to said
William T. McDermott, assigned all his interest in the erec-
tion of said armory to the Commonwealth Bank; and

WHEREAS, The said bank collected the various payments
from the trustees of said armory due the said E. M. Noel
and applied them to the satisfaction of debts due by said
E. M. Noel to said bank; and

WHEREAS, After the completion of the said work under
the said sub-contract said E. M. Noel made an assignment,
leaving a balance due and unpaid to the said William T.
McDermott of $3,437.50; and

WHEREAS, The title" of said building being vested in the
trustees, who hold the same for the State of Maryland, the
said William T. McDermott was debarred from filing any
lien upon said armory; and

WHEREAS, The said William T. McDermott died on the
18th day of March, 1905; and

WHEREAS, Estella A. McDermott, his widow, was granted
letters of administration of his personal estate on the 24th
day of March, 1905, by the Orphans' Court of Baltimore
city; therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the sum of $3,437.50 be and same is hereby

Appropriation
made.

appropriated to pay the said Estella A. McDermott, admin-
istratrix aforesaid, the balance due the estate of the said
William T. McDermott under said sub-contract with said
E. M. Noel.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Comptroller of
the State of Maryland be and he is hereby authorized to