WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1840.

for payment of the per diem and mileage allowance by this
act.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this act, so far as they relate to Talbot
county, be and the same are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 48.

CHAP. 49.

Repeal of in-
consistent acts.

An act to authorise Emily H. Garnett to bring into the
State certain Negroes therein mentioned.

Passed Feb. 8,
1841.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Emily H. Garnett, of Baltimore city, be and she is
hereby authorised to bring into this State negro boy Jo-
seph and negro girl Jane, slaves for life, and the property
of her infant son Benjamin M. Garnett; provided, the said
Emily H. Garnett shall comply with the two last provi-
sions of the first section of the act of Assembly passed
December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, chap-
ter fifteen.

CHAPTER 49.

Authorised to
introduce.

Proviso.

An act to vest certain powers in the Orphans' Court of
Queen Ann's County.

Passed Feb. 8,
1841.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the orphans court of Queen Ann's county, be and
the same is hereby vested with full power and authority to
examine and allow the account of Woolman J. Gibson of said
county, against John T. Thomas, incurred for boarding and
clothing him, before the said Woolman J. Gibson was ap-
pointed his guardian; provided, the said court are satisfied
from competent and legal testimony, that the items in said
account are just and true.

To allow ac-
count of W. J.
Gibson.

If correct.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if the said court shall
allow the said account, or any part thereof, they are to pass
an order directing the same to be paid out of the funds of
John T. Thomas, in the possession of said Woolman J.
Gibson, as his guardian, and the said account is to be filed
by the register, and recorded as other guardian accounts

How paid.

To file account.