E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1852.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in case any per-
son against whom any judgment may be rendered for
the penally provided by this act, shall not immediately
pay the same and the costs of the prosecution, or give
security, satisfactory to the justice rendering the judg-
ment for the payment, he shall be committed to prison,
there to remain until the same shall be paid, or until
the expiration of ten days from the date of the com-
mitment, which ever shall first occur.

CHAP. 236.
May be com-
mitted to pri-
son.

SEC, 4. And be it enacted, That from and after the
first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, it
shall not be lawful for any bank, savings institution,
corporation, or body politic of this Slate, or for any
person or association of persons to make, issue or pay
out any note or device, of the value and character
described in the preceding section of this act, of a less
denomination than five dollars, under the penally pre-
scribed in said section for each offence, and to be re-
covered in the same manner.

CHAPTER 236.

Notes of this
State.

AN ACT for the Relief of Henry Snurr, Jr., of
Frederick county.

Passed May
18, 1852.

WHEREAS, It is represented that a certain Henry
Snurr, jr., has been confined in the jail of Frederick coun-
ty, since the ninth day of March, eighteen hundred and
fifty-two, for incompetency to give bail for the support

of two illegitimate children, reputed to be his, and for
no other crime; and as there is no limitation to his pe-
riod of confinement, under existing laws, unless by a
special act of the Legislature, therefore,

Preamble.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the sheriff of Frederick county, be, and he
is hereby directed to cause the said Henry Snurr, jr., to
be liberated from prison, on the fifteenth day of June,

Authority to
liberate.

eighteen hundred and fifty-two; Provided, however,
that if at any time within the period of seven years,
the said Henry Snurr, jr., shall become possessed of
property or means, as the case may be, he shall be held
responsible for the amount required by law for the sup-
port of said children, the same to be collected and paid
over for that purpose, according to the usual mode pre-
scribed by law for such offences.

Proviso.