FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title "Vagrants and
Tramps," to follow section 276, to be numbered section 276 A,
and to read as follows :

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276 A. That the officers and board of directors of the
Friendly Inn of Baltimore City, and the officers and directors
and managers of any other charitable corporation heretofore
formed, or which may be hereafter formed, under either the
general incorporation law of this State or by special act, for
the charitable purpose, in whole or in part, of supplying food
and lodging to the needy without demanding or receiving com-
pensation in money therefor, may, and the said officers,
directors and managers are hereby authorized and empowered
to require any person applying to them for, and receiving from,
them, either food or lodging in any house, home or building
maintained by the said charitable corporation, to perform
within twenty-four hours thereafter a reasonable amount of
labor in return therefor, provided that the performance of such
labor be accepted by such person as a condition upon which
said food or lodging is given and received; and if any person
refuses or neglects when so required to perform such labor
suited to his age, strength and capacity in return for the food
or lodging so asked for and received by him, within the time
above specified, he shall be deemed a vagrant and be punish-
able as such.

Needy per-
sons receiv
ing aid to
do work in
return.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6th, 1894.

CHAPTER 482.

AN ACT to refund to George W. Smith, late Collector of
Taxes in Howard County, a certain sum of money errone-
ously paid into the Treasury.

Effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized
and directed, upon the warrant of the Comptroller, to pay to
George W. Smith, late collector of taxes in Howard county,
the sum of eight dollars and thirty-two cents, being the sum
which the said George W. Smith has paid for State taxes
erroneously assessed and paid into the treasury.

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Appropria-
tion.