A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

defacement or mutilation of tombstones and monu-
ments, and to hold the keys and to have the gen-
eral superintendence of the grounds, admission of
visitors and all the interior arrangements of said
cemetery, and any person who shall destroy any of
the. trees or shrubbery or mutilate or destroy any
tombstone or monument in said cemetery, or the
enclosure thereof, shall on conviction thereof before
any Justice of the Peace, be fined not less than
ten nor more than fifty dollars, to be recovered as
small debts are recoverable.

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Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage.

In force.

CHAPTER 238.

AN ACT appropriating a sum of money for the
protection of the State House and public proper-
ty from fire.

Passed March
10, 1864.

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the sum of five thousand dol-
lars, or so much thereof as may be required, be
and the same is hereby appropriated, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Governor, in
the construction of a water-proof cistern within the
Public Circle, for constant and abundant supply
of water, to be used in case of fire and for other
purposes, for which money the Governor is hereby
authorized to draw upon the Treasurer, upon the
warrant of the Comptroller.

Protection
against fire.

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

In force.