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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

WHEREAS, Joseph M. Heagerty, a citizen of the State of
Maryland, was a student of the Veterinary National College

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of Washington, D. C., a college duly incorporated and licensed,
and which required a two years' course of study, from
October, 1894 to April, 1896, and graduated therefrom, and
received his diploma in April, 1896 ; and
WHEREAS, the said Joseph M. Heagerty for a long time

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prior to the passage of said Act of 1894, to wit, for the period
of four years, from the year 1890 to the year 1894, was a
student under Dr. Daniel R. Hoffman, a practicing veterinary
physician of the city of Baltimore ; and
WHEREAS, It is impossible for the said Joseph M. Heagerty

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to comply with the provisions of section 10, chapter 273 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1894, and he
is, therefore, deprived of his rights, property and privileges,
and debarred from practicing a profession for which he is fully
qualified and competent, and has suffered great financial loss;
therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

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Issued.

Maryland, That the State Veterinary Medical Board, be and
it is hereby authorized and directed to issue to Joseph M.
Heagerty a certificate to practice veterinary and medical
surgery.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 22, 1898.

CHAPTER 83.
AN ACT to repeal Sections two, three and four of Chapter
two hundred and eighty-six of the Acts of eighteen hundred
and ninety-six, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Southern
Asphalt Paving Company," and to re-enact the same with
amendments.

Repeal.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections two, three and four of chapter two hun-
dred and eighty-six of the Acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-
six, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Southern Asphalt
Paving Company," be and the same are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, so as to read as follows :
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of the said
corporation shall consist of two hundred and fifty shares of the
par value of one hundred dollars each, aggregating twenty-five