FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

pay said line and costs the offender shall Lie committed to the
county jail for ten days; the one-half of all tines imposed
hereunder shall lie paid to the informer, and the remainder to
the board of school commissioners of said county for the use
of the public schools therein.

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

Approved April 6th, 1894.

CHAPTER 543.

AN ACT to repeal certain sections of the Code of Public
Local Laws, Article 20, title "Somerset County," sub- title
''Princess Anne," and to enact the same with amendments.

Effective,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That sections one hundred and ninety-seven, one
hundred and ninety-eight, one hundred and ninety-nine, two
hundred, two hundred and one, two hundred and two, two
hundred and three, two hundred and four, two hundred and
tive, two hundred and six, two hundred and seven, two hun-
dred and eight, two hundred and nine and two hundred and
ten of article 20 of the Local Laws for Somerset county be
and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, and certain

Repeal.

new sections added thereto; one to follow section 197 and to;
be numbered 197 A, and twelve to follow section 210, and to be
numbered sections 210 A, 210 B, 210 C, 210 D, 210 B, 210 F,
210 G, 2 10 H, 210 I, 210 J, 210 K and 210 L, so as to read
respectively as follows:

SEC. 197. The inhabitants of the town of Princess Anne,

New sections.

in Somerset county, are hereby made and declared a body cor-
porate, with all the privileges of a body corporate, by the name
of the president and commissioners of Princess Anrie, and by
that name shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be
sued, may purchase, hold and dispose of real, personal and mixed
property for the use and benefit of said town, and may have
and use a common seal.

SEC. 198. All the male citizens of said town, citizens of the
United States, above twenty-one years of age, who shall have
bona fide resided in said town for the space of six months, and

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A body cor-
porate.