T. HOLLIDAY HICKS, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

1860.

taught at his institution, to draw his warrant on
the treasurer of the State for one hundred and sixty
dollars per annum, for each deaf and dumb person
taught in pursuance of his authority at said insti-
tution, payable to the president or superintendent
thereof, in semi-annual payments, to commence in
six months after said person shall be received into
said institution; and the Governor shall also draw
on the treasurer his warrant, payable to the proper
party, for the expenses necessarily incurred in
transporting and returning said deaf and dumb

CHAP. 130.

person; Provided, that the whole amount drawn
from the treasury for the purposes aforesaid shall
not exceed five thousand dollars in any one year:
Provided further, that the Governor shall dis-
pose of applications for the benefits of this act,
in the order in which they may be made, and if
the applications be more than sufficient to absorb
the foregoing appropriation, he shall suspend action
upon the excess until vacancies occur, or further
provision be made by the General Assembly.

Provisos.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the first, second,
third, fourth, fifth, and sixth sections of article
thirty-three of the Code of Public General Laws
be and the same are hereby repealed, and the fore-
going sections substituted therefor.

Repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 130.

In force.

AN ACT for the relief of T. Yeates Walsh, one
of the sureties on the official bonds of Nathaniel
Hickman.

Passed March

3, 1860.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That T. Yeates Walsh, one of the
sureties on the official bonds of Nathaniel Hickman,
as register of wills for Baltimore city, which bonds
are now in suit in the Superior court of Baltimore
city, be and he is hereby released from all respon-
sibility to the State, on account of said bonds;

Released
from liability.