50 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 10

used by the Court of Appeals, State Library, Executive De-
partment and the General Assembly of Maryland for the ses-
sion of 1916, and the Treasurer of the State is hereby author-
ized to pay Dulany-Vernay Company upon the warrant of the
Comptroller, the said sum or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, the sum to be paid as prescribed in Chapter 397 of the
Acts of 1904.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this is an emer-
gency act and shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved June 27th, 1917.

CHAPTER 19.

AN ACT to provide for extending, during the continuance of
the present war, the time limited by the laws of this State
for the institution of legal proceedings, by citizens who are
unable to institute the same, within the time so limited,
because of absence from the State in the military or naval
service of the United States, and in ease of the death or
insanity of such persons.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That if any citizen of this State, entitled to insti-
tute or bring any action, suit or proceeding in this State, is
unable during the continuance of the present war, to institute
or bring the same within the time limited therefor by the laws
of this State, because of absence from this State in the mili-
tary or naval service of the United States, such person shall
not on that account be barred, but shall be entitled to institute
or bring such action, suit or proceeding within six months
after the removal of such disability; otherwise the same shall
be barred.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of the
death or insanity of any such person while so absent from this
State, such action, suit or proceeding may be brought by his