1839.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 107.

teen, and the several supplements thereto, at the election
of the party presented, may be tried upon said present-
ment, and be chargeable only with half the legal costs
aforesaid.

Commitment

to be filed.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said warden of
Baltimore city and county jail, shall file with the said
clerk the original commitment, or a copy thereof, on the
day preceding the trial.

Act of 1835, ch.
75, repealed.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the act, entitled "an
act for the more speedy trial of misdemeanors in the city
of Baltimore, " passed December session eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-five, chapter seventy-five, be and the same
is hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 107.

Passed Mar. 18,
1840.

An act to make valid certain Proceedings of the Orphans'
Court of Prince George's County.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, William Hutcheson, late of Prince George's
county, deceased, did by his last will and testament, be-
queath to his infant great grand children, John A. J. Scott,
Lucippi A. C. Scott, Richard K. Scott and William J.
Scott, certain negroes therein mentioned, to be divided
among them as they severally arrive at the age of twenty-
one years; and whereas, the Orphans' court of Prince
George's county, believing it to be for the benefit of said
minors, did order and decree the said negroes to be sold,
and the proceeds thereof rested for the use of said minors
under the direction of said court, and have appointed the
interest arising therefrom, to the support and education of
said minors — Therefore,

Decrees made
valid.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the several decrees, orders and proceed-
ings of the Orphans' court of Prince George's county,
touching the sale of certain negroes, bequeathed by Wil-
liam Hutcheson, late of said county, deceased, to his in-
fant great grand children, John A. J. Scott, Lucippi A.
C. Scott, Richard K. Scott and William J. Scott, and
vesting the proceeds thereof, be and the same are hereby
declared valid and effectual in law.

Interest to be
appropriated to

educa'n minors.

SEC 2. And be it enacted, That the Orphans' court of
said county, be and they hereby authorized at their discre-
tion to appropriate the interest annually arising from the