E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1852.

made good and valid in law, to all intents and purposes,
as if the justices of the peace, who look the acknow-
ledgment of the said deed, had therein certified, that
the said Margaret Ann Miller, one of the parties to
said deed, had been privately examined by them, out
out of the presence and hearing of her husband.

CHAP. 60.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from and after its passage.

CHAPTER 59.

In force.

AN ACT entitled, an act to carry into effect the tenth
section of the seventh article of the Constitution, so far
as relates to the Surveyor of the City of Baltimore.

Passed March
24, 1852.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the Mayor and City Coun-

cil of Baltimore be, and they are hereby authorised
and required to prescribe, by ordinance, the duties and
compensation of the city surveyor now elected, or here-
after to be elected or appointed, pursuant to the tenth
section of the seventh article of the constitution.

Duties and
compensation
of surveyor to
be prescribed
by ordinance.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from its passage.

CHAPTER 60.

In force.

AN ACT to provide for running and marking that
portion of the boundary line between the States of
Maryland and Virginia, extending from Smith's
Point, at the mouth of the Potomac River, to the
Atlantic Ocean.

Passed March
29, 1852.

WHEREAS, It is of great importance that the terri-
torial limits of the State of Maryland, be clearly de-
fined, her boundaries permanently established and
marked, and where these landmarks are either lost or
destroyed, that they be refixed and renewed; and
whereas, the true location of that portion of the line
separating the State of Virginia, from the State of

Preamble.