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pealed, except that nothing in this Act contained shall be con-
strued to affect any existing law, or any law hereafter to be
passed, regulating the shooting of wild ducks on the Susque-
hannah flats.

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

Approved April 11, 1910.

. CHAPTER 448.

AN ACT to authorize and regulate the bringing into Cecil
county, in the State of Maryland, of worthy children, to be
placed in homes therein, by indenture, adoption or otherwise,
and providing a penalty for the violation thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That it shall be lawful for actual residents of Cecil
county, in the State of Maryland, to bring into said county
from any part of said State, or from outside of said State, any
child or children in order to place the same in homes therein,
by indenture, adoption or otherwise; provided, that no va-
grant, criminal, incorrigible, insane or helplesssly crippled or
diseased children shall be so brought; and provided further,
that no child shall be placed in any home until the person so
proposing to place such child in his or her home shall apply
to the Orphans' Court for said county and obtain the written
consent of said court so to do. And said person so applying
shall under oath make a full statement of the facts relating
to said child, and of the circumstances of the applicant, to said
court upon its inquiry as to the same; and it shall be the duty
of said court, before granting said consent, to make due in-
quiry as to said child and the circumstances and character of
the person so applying.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of
this Act shall not apply to a relative going to any other State,
or any other part of the State of Maryland, outside Cecil
county aforesaid, and bringing a child into said county for the
purpose of giving same child a home in his or her, or any other
family; nor to the placing of children in any institution in said
county.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any legislation,
either general or local, inconsistent with or contrary to the
provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, so far as Cecil county
aforesaid is concerned.