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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sioners of St. Mary's county upon satisfactory
proof of the payment of said costs and expenses,
and as the same may be paid from time to time.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1888.

Chapter 438.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend-
ment section one hundred and eighty-five, of
article thirty of the Code of Public General
Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

Repealed and
re-enaoted.

bly of Maryland, That section one hundred
and eighty-five of article thirty of the Code of
Public General Laws be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendment so as
to read as follows :
185. All infants over twelve and under the age
of fifteen years, who may be convicted of

Sentenced in
same manner,
etc.

mayhem, murder in the second degree, man-
slaughter, assault with intent to commit murder
or mayhem, or of setting fire to any building,
tenement, or property, the setting fire to which is
punishable by confinement in the penitentiary
in the case of adults, shall be sentenced to the
penitentiary for the said crime in the same
manner as if they were of full age, or, in the dis-
cretion of the court may be confined in the
house of refuge or Saint Mary's industrial
school, or house of reformation and instruction
for colored children.

Effective.

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

Approved April 5, 1888.