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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

		CHAPTER 580. AN ACT to add an additional section to Article 20 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Somerset County," sub- title "Oysters," to follow Section 196 in said article, to be designated as Section 196 A, relating to the powers of the Circuit Court for Somerset County, in amend- ing proceedings of the justices of the peace in cases for violation of the local oyster laws of Somerset County.
	Amendments by Circuit Court.	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in all cases in which parties may be charged with a violation of the local oyster laws for Somerset county, or vessel or other property condemned by justices of the peace for being used in violation of said laws, coming before the Circuit Court for Somerset county, upon appeal or other pro- ceeding, the said Circuit Court shall have full power to amend any warrant, bond or other proceeding, which may appear in the case, and try the case de novo, so as to bring the case to trial fully upon its merits before said court, as if the same had originated in said court.
	Effective.	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 6th, 1894. CHAPTER 581. AN ACT to provide for the collection of the tax imposed upon packers, shippers and wholesale and retail dealers in oysters, by Section 20 H of Article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws, as enacted by Chapter 278 of the Code of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January session, 1893, and the payment of the salaries of the several oyster inspectors appointed under the provisions of Section 20 G of the same act.
	Preamble.	WHEREAS, Certain packers, shippers and wholesale and retail dealers in oysters, doing business in Maryland, have refused or wholly neglected to pay the tax imposed by section 20 H of article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, as enacted by chapter 278 of the acts passed by the