PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1849.

hereby authorised and empowered to collect until the
first day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-two,
the sums and balances due him as Sheriff of Somerset
county, in the same manner which the said John
Curtis could or might have done within the time
limited by law, anything to the contrary notwith-
standing.

CHAP. 230.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the time allowed
by law to John Curtis, collector of Somerset county,
to make his collections, be and the same is extended
until the first day of February, eighteen hundred and
fifty -two.

In force, &c.

CHAPTER 229.

An act relating to Devises.

Passed Feb. 22,
1850.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That every last will and testament, exe-
cuted in due form of law, after the first day of June
next, shall be construed with reference to the real
estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak
and take effect as if it had been executed on the day
of the death of the testator or testatrix, unless a con-
trary intention shall appear by the will.

Construction of
wills.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the provisions of
this act shall not apply to any will executed before the
passage of this act, by any person who may die be-
fore the first day of June next unless in such will
the intention of the testator or testatrix shall appear
that the real and personal estate which he or she may
own at his or her death, should thereby pass.

Exceptions.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this law shall take
effect on the first day of June next.

In force.

CHAPTER 230.

An act to establish the Western Cemetery.

Passed Feb. 26,
1850.

WHEREAS, the trustees of the Fayette Street Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, in the city of Baltimore, incor-

Preamble.