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allowance has been made or paid out of the appropriation or
appropriations for legislative expenses of each General Assem-
bly, and separating the same into payments made for or in
behalf of the Senate, and payments made for or in behalf
of the House of Delegates.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved March 4, 1949.

CHAPTER 46

(Senate Bill 55)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
275 of Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Chancery", sub-title "Trustee", relating to
the amount of bond to be given by a trustee in certain cases.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 275 of Article 16 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Chancery", sub-title
"Trustee", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

275. Whenever a ground rent reserved by lease or sub-lease
heretofore or hereafter created, is now redeemable or here-
after becomes redeemable, and the owner of the leasehold or
sub-leasehold estate, subject to said rent, may desire to redeem
the same, and at the time of such desired redemption the title
of said rent is vested in a trustee under a will, deed or other
instrument for any trust, use or purpose, but without a power
of sale in such trustee, or is vested in a life tenant with
remainder over, vested or contingent, or is vested in the
holder of a defeasible estate, but without a power of sale in
such life tenant or such holder of a defeasible estate, any
court having chancery jurisdiction in the city or county
where the land is situated, out of which said rent is payable,
may upon the ex parte petition of such trustee or life tenant
or holder of a defeasible estate, or upon the petition of the
owner of the leasehold or sub-leasehold who is entitled to
redeem and after notice by service of process upon such
trustee or life tenant, or holder of a defeasible estate, or after
notice by publication of such trustee or life tenant or holder
of a defeasible estate if he be a non-resident, order the con-
veyance of the reversion or sub-reversion and rent or sub-rent,