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ted under the name of "Security Trust and Loan Company"
by chapter 639 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, passed at the January session of 1904, and changed to
the name of "Security Trust and Banking Company," and
ratified and confirmed by chapter 781 of the Acts of 1906, be
and the same are hereby further ratified and confirmed to it
by this Act, and the said corporation shall have and possess
all the powers and privileges heretofore granted, and shall
have the right to organize under the provisions of said Acts
of 1904 and 1906.

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

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 680.

AN ACT to refund to the Phoenix Perpetual Land and Build-
ing Association of Baltimore City money erroneously paid
by the said association to the Treasurer of the State of
Maryland as a bonus tax under chapter 556 of the Acts .of
1890.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Comptroller be and he is hereby directed to
draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the State to the order
of the Phoenix Perpetual Land and Building Association of
Baltimore City for the sum of sixteen dollars and twenty-five
cents, being the amount erroneously paid into the State Treas-
ury as aforesaid.

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

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 686.

AN ACT to exempt the Washington and Berkeley Bridge
Company from county and municipal taxation for a period
of ten years after the same is ready for use.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That the
Washington and Berkeley Bridge Company be and the same
is hereby exempt from county and municipal taxation for a
period of ten years from the date of its opening.

Approved April 6, 1908.