PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

1847.

son could or might have done within the time limited
byelaw.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the authority here-
by given shall continue until the first day of June
in the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and no
longer, and that this act shall take effect from its
passage.

CHAPTER 95.

CHAP. 96.

In force.

An additional supplement to an act entitled, an act to
provide for the relief of the poor and indigent person.
of Somerset County, passed at December session eigh-
teen hundred and forty-five, chapter forty-two.

Passed
Feb. 18, 1848.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the time limited by the act to which this is
an additional supplement, within which the commis-
sioners therein provided for shall accomplish their
duties, be and the same is hereby extended for two
years from the passage of this act.

CHAPTER 96.

Time extend-
ed.

An act to make valid the acts of a Judge of the Magis-
trates Courts of the first District of Worcester County.

WHEREAS, William Townsend did not qualify as a
judge of magistrates court in the first district of Wor-
cester county within the time allowed by law for him
so to do; and whereas, the said William Townsend has
performed many acts in the capacity of a judge of such
court aforesaid, under a commission issued by the Gover-
nor of Maryland: in order that the acts of the said Wil-
liam Townsend may be made good and valid in law —
Therefore,

Passed
Feb. 19, 1848.

Preamble.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all the acts and proceedings of William Townsend,
a judge of the magistrates court, appointed in and for
district number one of Worcester county, be and they
are hereby declared to be as valid in law, as if the said
William Townsend had qualified within the time limit-
ed by law.

Made valid.