374 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAPTER 276.
Passed Mar 7, 1864.	AN ACT to alter and change the name of David Mertzs, of Baltimore county, to the name of Da- vid Henry McComas.
Name changed	SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act the name of David Mertzs, of Baltimore county, be and the same is hereby altered and changed to that of David Henry McComas, and it shall and may be lawful for the said David Mertzs at all times hereafter to be called and known by, and to hold and to use this name of David Henry McComas, and by that name to purchase, hold, sell, contract, convey or devise, and sue and be sued in any court of law or equity.

	CHAPTER 277.
Passed March 7, 1864.	AN ACT to add an additional section to Article fourteen of the Public Local Laws of Kent coun- ty, relating to Chestertown, and to provide for the appointment of a Collectoi of the Corpora- tion Tax of Chestertown, in Kent county.
Commission- ers to appoint a Collector of Taxes.	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Commissioners of Chester- town may appoint the Collector of Taxes for Kent county, or of the district of which Chestertown forms a part, to collect the corporation tax of said town, from time to time, and that the Collector thus appointed shall be bound to give bond and collect the said taxes according to the terms and provisions of said forty-seventh section, under the penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered by indict- ment by the Grand Jury and judgment of the Cir- cuit Court for Kent county, as in ordinary cases of punishment, and that the said Collector shall re-