LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2 And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 9, 1898.

CHAPTER 437.
AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Charles
County to pay Adrian Posey, State's Attorney for said
County for professional services rendered in the prosecution
and conviction of George Matthews for the murder of James
Irwin.

Effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners for Charles county be
and they are hereby authorized, if in their discretion they
shall see fit and proper, to pay Adrian Posey, State's Attorney
for Charles county, the sum of two hundred dollars for pro-
fessional services rendered in the prosecution and conviction
of George Matthews for the murder of James Irwin.

Appropriate
a sum of
money.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 9, 1898.

CHAPTER 438.
AN ACT to repeal Sections two hundred and seven to two
hundred and thirteen, both inclusive, of Article ten of the
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title " Dorchester County,"
sub-title " Liquors and Intoxicating Drinks," in so far as said
sections apply to districts numbers ten, four, nine and sixteen
of Dorchester county, and to add an additional section to
come in after section two hundred and thirteen of said Article,
to be called Section 213 A.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections two hundred and seven to two hundred
and thirteen, both inclusive, of Article ten of the Public Local

Effective.

Laws of Maryland, title "Dorchester County," sub-title "Liquors
and Intoxicating Drinks," in so far as the same apply to elec-
tion districts numbers ten, four, nine and sixteen of Dorchester
county, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that an addi-
tional section be and the same is hereby added to said Article
ten, to come in after section two hundred and thirteen, to be
known as Section 213 A, and to read as follows :

Repeal.