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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

station ; thence continuing with the road leading to "Tull's
Corner," running by and with said road until the bridge com-
monly called the "Branch Bridge" is reached ; thence by and
with said creek or stream, crossed by said bridge, known a&
East creek to its mouth in the Pocomoke sound.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the

Names to be
stricken
from list.

officers of registration of Brinkley's election district number 3,
to strike from the lists of qualified voters on the registration
books thereof, names of all persons residing within tfre limits
thereof of that portion of said Brinkley's district hereby placed
in Lawson's district, who shall hereafter be entitled to vote
in Lawson's district.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 7, 1898.

CHAPTER 470.
AN ACT to pay Edward W. Miller, of Frederick County,
late weigher-general of grain, and D. P. Osborne, of Alle-
gany County, late assistant weigher of grain, for services
rendered the State in weighing grain in Baltimore City in
the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
WHEREAS, Edward W. Miller, of Frederick county, late

Preamble.

weigher-general of grain, and D. P. Osborne, of Allegany
county, late assistant weigher of grain, were appointed by the
Governor of Maryland as weigher-general and assistant
weigher, respectively, during the January session of 1896 ;
and
WHEREAS, After having performed their duties according to

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law, for the space of forty- two days, it was discovered, and
they were so advised by the Attorney General, that owing to
a defect in the law it was impossible to collect their fees from
the owners of the grain ; and their resignations having been
tendered and accepted by the Governor ; therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Appropria-
tion.

land, That the Comptroller of the Treasury is hereby author-
ized and empowered to issue his warrant upon the Treasurer
of the State, out of any monies not otherwise appropriated,
in favor of the said Edward W. Miller for the sum of two
hundred and seventeen dollars and ninety-seven cents ($217.97,)
and of the said O. P. Osborne for the sum of one hundred and
eighty-four dollars and forty-seven cents ($184.74,) as per bills