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shall have received compensation or damages under the
laws of any other State, nothing herein contained shall
be construed so as to permit a total compensation for the
same injury greater than is provided for in this Article.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1945.

Approved April 23, 1945.

CHAPTER 723.
(Senate Bill 547)

AN ACT to add a new Section to Article 16 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Chan-
cery, " sub-title "Pleadings, Practice and Process, " said
new Section to be known as Section 252A and to follow
immediately after Section 252 of said Article, providing
for the appointment of a guardian ad litem in any suit
or other proceedings in equity to appear for and answer
and defend on behalf of such person or persons not
in being as may have any interest in such proceeding,
and for the appointment in the discretion of the court
of a solicitor of such guardian ad litem.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted Toy the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section be and it is hereby added to Article
16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Chancery, " sub-title "Pleadings, Practice and Process, "
said new section to be known as Section 252A, to follow
immediately after Section 252 of said Article, and to read
as follows:

252 A. In any suit or other-proceeding in equity which
may affect the interest of any person or persons not in
being, the court may, upon application made by any of the
parties to said suit or proceeding, appoint a guardian ad
litem to appear for and answer on behalf of such person
or persons not in being and, in its discretion, may appoint
a solicitor for such guardian ad litem; and any order or
decree thereafter passed in said suit or proceeding shall
be binding upon such person or persons not in being to the
same extent as if such person or persons were in being at
the date of the institution of such suit or proceeding and
had been duly served and had appeared and answered
therein.