90

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Repealed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
thirtieth section cf the thirtieth article of the Code
of Public General Laws, relating to the passing
of counterfeit Bank Notes, be and the same is
hereby repealed, and the following section enacted
in lieu thereof:

Passing coun-
terfeit notes.

Any person who shall within this State either
publish, offer, dispose of, or put off any forged or
counterfeited Note or Notes, knowing them to be
such, purporting to be the genuine Note or Notes
issued as currency by the United States, or of a
Bank which has been or may be regularly consti-
tuted by this State, or by any of the United States,
or by the United States, or any person who shall
either publish, offer, dispose of, or put off as
genuine, any Note purporting to be a Note of a
Bank which does not exist, shall be deemed a

Penalty.

felon, and shall on being convicted thereof be
sentenced to the Penitentiary, for not less than
two nor more than ten years.

In force.
Cases pend-
ing not to be
affected.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from its passage, but shall not affect
any cases pending, but the same shall be prose-
cuted to conviction and judgment as if this act
had not been adopted.

CHAPTER 83.

Passed Feb
28, 1862.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore to assess and collect water rates
and water tax to supply water on the line of
their water works, and to protect said water
works from injury.

Repealed.

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section nine hundred and thirty-
nine of article four of the Code of Public Local
Laws be and the same is hereby repealed, and the
following enacted in lieu thereof: