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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That said corporation is authorized

Authorized to
sell, etc.

to sell, mortgage, exchange or dispose of and convey all or any
part of the property, real and personal, that it may acquire.

Repeal.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted. That this charter may be re-
pealed or amended at any time, at the pleasure of the General
Assembly.

Effective.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 29, 1898.

CHAPTER 91.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Public Works to pur-
chase the painting of "The Burning of the Peggy Stewart,"
and to appropriate a sum of money therefor.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Board of Public Works be and it is hereby

Purchase a
painting.

authorized in their discretion to purchase the painting of "The
Burning of the Peggy Stewart at Annapolis, on the 19th day
of October, 1774," executed by Frank B. Mayer, for such sum
as said board may deem just and reasonable, not to exceed,
however, the sum of two thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer of the State,
upon the warrant of the Comptroller, be and he is hereby
authorized and. directed to issue his warrant for such sum, not

Appropria-
tion.

to exceed two thousand dollars, as the Board of Public Works
may agree to pay for the said painting to the order of the said
Frank B. Mayer, the same to be paid out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the purchase of said
painting and the price to be paid therefor within the limit
aforesaid, is hereby left to the discretion of the said Board of
Public Works.

Effective.

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

Approved March 22, 1868.

CHAPTER 92.
AN ACT to add an additional Section to Article 53 of the
Code of Public General Laws, title "Landlord and Tenant,"
to be designated as Section 27.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That an additional section be added to Article 53