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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

strictly, and in no case to depart from the state-
ments of these lists, as the basis of their disburse-
ments:

Sums to be
paid the wires
of Prirates.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the wife and
each child of the private volunteer, claiming and
entitled to the benefits of this act, shall receive
respectively, the wife the sum of one dollar, and
each child, under twelve years of age, the sum of
fifty cents per week, payable monthly or oftener, if
in the opinion of the Board it should become ne-

Provisos.

cessary ; provided always, that in no case the
whole sum thus expended for each family, shall
exceed the sum of ten dollars per month ; and any
private volunteer, having at the time of his en-
listment a mother, or sister under twelve years of
age, dependent on him for support, shall be en-
titled to the benefits of this act, the mother of such
volunteer, and each sister under twelve years of
age, to receive respectively, the sum of one dollar
for the mother, and the sum of fifty cents for each
sister, per week ; provided, that in no case the
whole sum thus expended, shall exceed the limit
prescribed in the preceding clause of this section,
that is to say, the sum of ten dollars per month.

Families of
prirate volun-
teers — sum's al-
lowed, &c.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the families,
or such dependents as are hereinbefore described,
of private volunteers enlisted in Maryland, or who
may hereafter enlist in a Maryland Regiment,
Battalion, Company or other Military division,
from whatever State they may come, shall be en-
titled to and receive the same sums in the order
and manner hereinbefore prescribed, that is to say,
the wife, and each child under twelve years of age,
the wife the sum of one dollar, and each child the
sum of fifty cents, per week, and the mother one
dollar per week, and the sister or sisters under
twelve years of age, the sum of fifty cents each per

Proviso

week ; provided, in no case the whole sum so ex-
pended shall exceed ten dollars per month.

Persons claim-
ing relief re-
quired to make
oath, &c.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That all persons
claiming and entitled to the relief of this act, shall
make oath, the adults for themselves and for those
of the same family under age, before a Justice of
the Peace in the county, town or city of which
they are inhabitants, and that such oath shall be
further corroborated by the affidavit of two respon-