LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

tion of its business ; may issue letters of credit and other com-
mercial obligations ; and generally may do and transact a gen-
eral banking business,
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall

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be subject to the provisions of chapter 109 of the Acts of 1892,
as amended by chapter 160 of the Acts of 1896, and to all
general laws applicable to companies or associations of a charac-
ter similar to that named in this Act

Subject to
certain
provisions.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect ,
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 7, 1898.

CHAPTER 298.
AN ACT to provide for the purchase of a safe for the Office
of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals.
WHEREAS, the office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals

Effective.

is unprovided with a proper place to keep the valuable papers
and records pertaining to said court, and for whose safe custody
the clerk of said court is responsible ; therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Preamble.

land, That the sum of three hundred dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary be and the same is hereby appro-
priated, to be expended by the clerk of the Court of Appeals,
for the purchase of a safe for the use of said court.

Appropria-
tion.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted. That this Act shall take effect ,
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 7, 1898.

CHAPTER. 299.
AN ACT to provide for the enlargement and repairs of the
buildings of St. John's College.
WHEREAS, The joint committee, appointed by the General

Effective.

Assembly at its January session of 1894, (see Senate Journal,
pages 280 to 284,) and again at the January session of 1896,
(see Senate Journal 1896, pages 674 to 677,) did unanimously
recommend :

Preamble.

First. That an additional building be erected at St. John's
College to contain accommodations for library and reading-
room, a laboratory and one or more class rooms.

Additional
building.

Second. That the present gymnasium be enlarged so that
it can be used for the additional purposes of a drill hall and
armory.

Symnasium
enlarged.