754 LAWS OP MARYLAND. [CH. 447

WHEREAS, The Governor of Maryland did, under and by
authority of Chapter 316 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland, 1918, by proclamation bearing date the 8th day
of September, 1919, declare the charter of said corporation
null and void; and

WHEREAS, The notice required to be sent by the Comptroller
at the time he certified said corporation to the Governor as
having neglected to pay said tax and penalty, was never
received by said corporation ; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the said proclamation of the Governor of Mary-
land, in so far as it affected the Silver Run Telephone Com-
pany, be and it is hereby set aside, and that the said Silver
Run Telephone Company be, and it is hereby empowered
to revive its charter of incorporation and all powers incident
thereto upon the payment by it to the Comptroller of all
taxes due by it, with the interest thereon, and all penalties
imposed upon it for its neglect in that particular.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the first day of June, 1920.

Approved April 9, 1920.

CHAPTER 447.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
62 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
title, "Public Education," sub-title, "Teachers," increas-
ing the pensions paid to teachers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 62 of Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title, "Public Education," sub-title,
"Teachers," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

62. Whenever any person in this State has taught in any
of the public or normal schools thereof twenty-five years, and
has reached the age of sixty years, and his or her record as
such teacher has been without reproach, and by reason of
physical or mental disability or infirmity is unable to teach
longer, and who, moreover, is without the means of comfort-
able support, such person may lay his or her case before the
State Superintendent of Schools, supported by the recom-