T. WATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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cording to the possession and holding of the person
obtaining such warrant or those under whom he claims
for the last twenty years, and the surveyor shall take-
proof of such possession and holding.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the surveyor be-
fore he executes any such warrant as aforesaid, shall
give reasonable notice to the owners and occupiers of
all the adjacent lands if the same be occupied, if the
owners reside in the county where the land lie and if
the adjacent lands be unoccupied and the owners do
not reside in the county the surveyor shall give notice of
the time he will execute such warrant by advertisement,
in some daily newspaper published in the city of Balti-
more, the advertisement to be inserted not less than six
times and the first publication to be at least two months
before the execution of such warrant.

Notice to be
given to own-
ers of land.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the surveyor shall
return to the land office within one year from the date

of such warrant a certificate of survey and plot togeth-
er with the depositions relating to the possession and
occupancy of the lands resurveyed and proof of the
notice by publication or otherwise given to the owner
or occupiers of the adjacent lands and upon the return
of such certificate and proofs, if no caveat or objection
be made within six months after such return the com-
missioner of the land office shall issue a patent thereon
to the person or his heirs or assigns who obtained such
warrant of resurvey.

CHAPTER 323.

Certificate of
survey.

AN ACT for the protection of guests at Hotels, and to
regulate the liability of landlords in cases of loss by
robbery or otherwise.

Passed
Mar. 10, 1854.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the keepers of hotels in the cities and
towns of this State, having a population of more than

Duty of hotel
keepers.