A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

in or without the State, devised, bequeathed, given
or otherwise conveyed, or transferred to said so-
ciety, not otherwise expressly directed, shall, be
invested as part of the permanent fund of the
society, the interest only of which, with the interest
of all monies invested, shall be placed in the bands
of the conference or missionary steward to be paid
to the ministers or preachers employed as Home
Missionaries within the Maryland Conference Dis-
trict, or so much thereof as may be necessary, as
the conference may direct.

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Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That no money shall be
drawn from said society, except by a vote of the
Maryland Annual Conference, and then only for
Home Missionary purposes.

Money — how
drawn, and for
what purpose.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act
shall be so construed as to authorize said society
to issue any note, token, scrip, device or other evi-
dence of debt to be used as a currency.

Issuing of
notes,&c., pro-
hibited.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the General
Assembly reserves the right to alter, amend or
repeal this act at pleasure.

Reservation.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

In force.

CHAPTER 36.

AN ACT to amend Article forty-three of the Code
of Public General Laws, relating to Habeas
Corpus.

Passed Feb.
1, 1862.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by. the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section three of Article forty-
three, under title Habeas Corpus, in the Code of
Public General Laws, be and the same is hereby
repealed, and that the following be enacted and in-
serted in said Code in lieu thereof:

Repealed.

3. If any person be committed or detained for
any crime, or under any color or pretence whatso-
ever, he or any one on his behalf may complain by
petition to any one of the courts or judges mentioned

Writ of habeas
corpus — when
and by whom
issued, and
when returna-
ble.