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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAPTER 115.

Passed Mar.
8, 1856.

AN ACT to provide for the compensation of Daniel
C. Digges and Thomas G. Pratt, for legal services
rendered to the State, in the case of the State of
Maryland, at the instance, and upon the relation,
of T. Watkins Ligon, Governor, vs. Thomas H.
Osbourn of Charles, late Sheriff of Prince George's
County.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, It has been represented to this General
Assembly, that Daniel C. Digges and Thomas G.
Pratt, rendered important service to the State of
Maryland, in the trial of the case of the State of
Maryland, at the instance, and upon the relation
of T. Watkins Ligon, Governor vs. Thomas H.
Osbourn of Charles, late sheriff of Prince George's
County, in the circuit court for said county; And
whereas, it is right and proper that the said Daniel
C. Digges and Thomas G. Pratt, should be com-
pensated for the services thus rendered, There-
fore,

Treasurer to
pay.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Treasurer upon the warrant
of the Comptroller, be and he is hereby authorised
and directed to pay to the order of Daniel C. Digges,
the sum of fifty dollars, and Thomas G. Pratt, the
sum of one hundred dollars for services rendered by
them respectively, to the State of Maryland, in the
trial of the case of the State of Maryland, at the in-
stance and upon the relation of T. Watkins Ligon,
Governor vs. Thomas H. Osbourn, of Charles, in
the circuit court for Prince George's county.

In force.

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