THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1837.

and thirty-one, chapter two hundred and eight; the

act of eighteen hundred and thirty-one, chapter two
hundred and eighty-five; and the act of eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-two, chapter two hundred and nine.

CHAP. 321.

SEC. 28. And be it enacted, That it shall not be law-
fill for any person or persons, having any connection
with the Maryland Penitentiary, to receive from any
of the convicts therein, either by devise or otherwise,
any property, real, personal or mixed, and any pro-
perty so devised or bequeathed, shall, notwithstanding
such devise or bequest, be divided among the legal
heirs of such convict, according to the laws of this
State, regulating descents.

Devise, &c.
from convicts,
forbid.

SEC. 29. And be it enacted, That this act shall not
go into effect until the appointment of directors in vir-
tue thereof.

CHAPTER 321.

To take effect.

An act to extend the time of taking Appeal from the
High Court of Chancery, in a certain case therein
mentioned.

Passed Mar. 29,
1838.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in the case of Nathan Warfield and Caroline B.,
his wife, against Rezin Hammond, Denton Hammond
and Matthias Hammond, in the High Court of Chan-
cery, upon which a final order was passed by the
Chancellor, on the thirteenth day of February, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-seven, it shall and may be
lawful for the defendants, or either of them, or the re-
presentatives or assigns of all or either of them, to
appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Western Shore
fur the correcting of errors, if any exist in said or-

Appeal authori-
sed.

der; provided, such appeal shall be prosecuted within
three months from the passage of this act; and pro-
vided also, that the requisites of the law regulating
appeals shall, in all other respects be complied with,
and that the Court of Appeals aforesaid shall have
power to hear, adjudge and determine the same, as if
an appeal had been originally prayed within the time

Time limit.