A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

die while in said service, the whole of said bounty,
if the same shall not have been paid previously,
or so much thereof as may remain unpaid at the
time of the death of such person, shall be paid:
First, To his widow, if there be one. Second,
If there be no widow, then to his children equally.
Third, If he leave no widow, child or children,
then to his mother. .Fourth, If he leave no moth-
er, then to his father, if no father, then to his
brothers and sisters equally, and if he leave no
brother or sister, then the same shall revert to the
State.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no pay-
ment shall be made by virtue of this act, to any
agent or attorney who may claim the same by
virtue of any agency created or any power of at-
torney executed prior to the passage of this act.

Not to be paid
on power of at-
torney execut-
ed prior to act.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the dato of the passage.

In fofce.

CHAPTER 50.

AN ACT appropriating a sum of money for legal
services rendered by Thomas Donaldson, to the
State of Maryland.

Passed March
9, 1865.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That the Treasurer is here-
by directed to pay, on the warrant of the
Comptroller, to Thomas Donaldson, the sum of
four hundred dollars in full compensation for his
services in the case of the State of Maryland, vs.
McCauley, and his sureties, in the Court of Appeals,
in the mandamus case of the Maryland and Dela-
ware Rail Road Company, vs. the State of Mary-
land in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel coun-
ty, and for all other legal services heretofore ren-
dered.

Authorized
to pay.

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

In force.