FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1841.

name of the said John Brunner had been inserted, and he
had been appointed a commissioner in said original act to
which this a supplement.

chap. 257.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That so much of the sixth
section of the original act to which this is a supplement, as
limits the amount of property to be held by the trustees and
their successors, to a sum which shall not exceed in total
value three thousand dollars per annum, be and the same is
hereby repealed.

Repealed.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the trustees and their
successors shall have full power to confer, and grant by
diploma, such degrees or marks of distinction for attain-
ments, and scholarship as they may think proper, upon
such of the pupils of said seminary, as from lime to time
they shall designate, and the said trustees and their succes-
sors, may from time to time make all such regulations in
reference to the granting and conferring of such degrees,
or marks of distinction, as they or a majority of them may
think right and proper, and the interests of the institution

Grant diplo-
ma, etc

may require.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into
operation from, and immediately after its passage.

In force

CHAPTER 257.

A further supplement to the act entitled, an act to enroll,
organize, equip and regulate the Militia of this State,
passed at December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-
four, chapter two hundred and fifty one.

Passed March
7, 1842.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That if any commissioned officer of the militia
of this State, shall take the oath or affirmation as the case
may be, as required by the thirty-first section of the act to
which this is a further supplement, at any time within two
years from the passage of this act, it shall be allowed suf-
ficient compliance with the provisions of said section, not-
withstanding such officer may have entered upon the dis-
charge of the duties of his office, before he shall have taken
the oath or affirmation as aforesaid.

Oath, suffici-
ent compli-
ance

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That all parts of the thirty-
first section of the act aforesaid, which requires the taking
of the oath or affirmation as the case may be, by any mili-
tia officer, before entering upon the discharge of his duty
as such, and also that he shall report the fact to the adjutant

Repealed.