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have been determined by any Court of the State of Mary-
land of competent jurisdiction that any such lands have
escheated before or after the passage of this Act, the title
thereto shall be vested in the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore City or Board of County Commissioners for the
use of the Board of Education of the city or county, as the
case may be; subject, however, to a lien for any costs and
expenses of the proceedings in which such determination
was made, including such attorneys' fees as might be
allowed by such Court for the conduct of such proceedings.
In case the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or
Board of County Commissioners should prefer not to pay
such lien so as to vest the property in it free and clear
thereof, then and in that event, the Chancery Court having
jurisdiction over such lands may, on petition, appoint a
trustee or trustees to sell said lands either at public sale
after advertisement in accordance with the rules of said
Court, or at private sale and upon report and ratification
of such sale and the payment of costs, expenses, and com-
missions, such as are usually allowed in similar sales, under
the rules of said Court, said Court shall order the lien,
above mentioned, to be paid out of said proceeds and the
balance to be paid over to the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore City or the Board of County Commissioners for
the use of the public schools of said city or county; pro-
vided that the provisions of this section shall not affect the
title to any lands for which escheat warrants have been
issued by the Land Commissioner of this State prior to
the effective date of this Act.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 3, 1939.

CHAPTER 291.
(Senate Bill 41)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
57, 58 and 60 of Article 65 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land, title "Militia", sub-title "Veterans' Relief Fund", re-
lating to the Maryland Veterans' Commission, its powers
and duties and the Veterans' Relief Fund, as the same were
repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 481 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland at its 1935 Session.