780 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

capture fish, in the Monocacy river, or any of its tributaries, or
in any other waters within the limits of Frederick county; pro-
vided, nevertheless, that fish may be taken in the Monocacy
river or any of its tributaries during the month of July with a
seine not over twenty feet in length, or with a net commonly
known as the "stir net."

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

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 560.

AN ACT to add certain new and additional sections to article
11 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Fred-
erick County," sub-title "Frederick," to be known as sections
153A, 225A, 225B, 270B, 270C, 270D, 270E, 270F and 270G.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 257 of article 11 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Frederick County," sub-title "Fred-
erick," as the same was repealed and re-enacted by chapter 295
of the Acts of Assembly of 1904, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments, and that the following
new and additional sections, to be known as sections 153A, 225A,
225B, 270B, 270C, 270D, 270B, 270F and 270G, be enacted so as to
read as follows:

SEC. 153A. All property and franchises of every kind belong-
ing to or in the possession of the Mayor and Aldermen of Fred-
erick are vested in said corporation. The said corporation may
receive in trust and control for any general corporate purpose
of such trust, all monies and other property which may have
been or shall be bestowed upon it by will, deed or any other
form of gift or conveyance in trust for any general corporate
purpose, or in aid of the indigent poor, or for the general pur-
pose of education or for charitable purposes of any description
within the said city.

SEC. 225A. The revised codified and printed ordinance of the
Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick, adopted by the Mayor and
Aldermen of Frederick on the first day of February, A. D.
1901, except such as have been subsequently amended or re-
pealed, are declared valid and binding, and the printed copy
thereof issued by the authority and under the sanction of said
body, shall be legal evidence of the passage and of the contents
of the ordinance contained therein in any court of law or equity
in this State, or before any justice of the peace or public official