ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-

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sembly of Maryland, That the governor be and
he is hereby requested to instruct the attorney
general to enter his appearance and defend any
suits or actions which have been or may here-
after be instituted in the courts of the United
States, or state courts, against said Henry Lloyd,
J. Frank Turner, Stevenson Archer, Jacob H.

Who to in-
struct.

Plowman and Jefferson D. Loker, or either of
them, and he is hereby authorized, in his discre-
tion, to employ such additional counsel to assist
in defending said suits or actions as he may
think proper.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the comptrol-

Employ add^;-
tional counsel.

ler of the treasury be and he is hereby author-
ized and directed to draw his warrant on the
treasurer from time to time, as the necessity oc-
curs, for such sum or sums in payment of any
verdict or finding which may be rendered against
said Henry Lloyd, J. Frank Turner, Stevenson
Archer, Jacob H. Plowman and Jefferson D.
Loker, or any of them, in any of the courts
aforesaid, and also for such costs, counsel fees
and expenses as may be incurred in the defences
of said suits or actions, when certified as proper
by the governor.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the sum of ten

What to draw
warrant for.

thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, be and the same is hereby appropri-
ated out of any money in the treasury not other-
wise appropriated, to meet the disbursement re-
quired by this act.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the comp-
troller of the treasury be and he is hereby

Amount ap-
propriated.

authorized and directed, at any time, upon the
requirements of the attorney-general, to exe-
cute any and all bonds and stipulations, whatso-
ever, in the name or on behalf of the State of
Maryland, whether as principal or surety, or by
way of indemnity to sureties, which the attor-
ney-general may certify to him to be proper to
be executed in or about any proceeding now or
hereafter pending against said Henry Lloyd, J.
Frank Turner, Stevenson Archer, Jacob H. Plow-
man and Jefferson D. Loker, in the performance
of their duties under the laws of this state, and
also relating to any appeals in said suits or

Who to exe-
cute bonds and
stipulations.