WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1839.

estate in Baltimore county, not exceeding five hundred
acres of land.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That nothing herein con-
tained, shall be so construed as to authorise or empower
said corporation to issue any notes, token, certificate or

CHAP. 195.
Banking forbid.

credence of debt, to be used as currency; and that nothing
herein contained, shall be so construed as to deny right to
the legislature to reclaim at pleasure the rights and pri-
vileges hereby granted.

CHAPTER 194.

Rights reserved.

An act to make valid a Deed from William Ryan and
Wife, to Michael C. Sprigg.

Passed Jan. 27,
1840.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the deed of conveyance or instrument of writing
made and executed on the twenty-fifth day of June, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-nine, by William Ryan and Re-
becca his wife, of Pendleton county, in the State of Vir-
ginia, to Michael C. Sprigg, of Allegany county, in the

valid and effectual to all intents and purposes, as if said
deed or instrument of writing, had been in all respects ac-
knowledged according to the laws heretofore existing for
the taking of acknowledgments of deeds out of the State
of Maryland.

CHAPTER 195.

Deed made va-
lid.

An act for the relief of the Sheriff of Carroll County.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the sheriff of Carroll county shall be entitled to re-
ceive twenty-five cents per day for the maintenance of eve-
ry prisoner who shall be committed to his custody upon
criminal process, in lieu of the sum now allowed by
law.

Passed Feb. 24,
1840.
Sheriff to have
25cts. per day
for maintain-
ing each pri-
soner, &c.