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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Company, whether it be before or after, or during
the location and construction of the main stem of
the said Elkton and Sassafras river Railroad, or
whether the said main stem be constructed at all,
and for that purpose to have all the powers, ad-
vantages and privileges, which are conferred by
the said original act on the said Company, for the
purposes therein mentioned.

CHAPTER 139.

Passed March
5, 1858.

AN ACT to exempt certain persons from serving
as Jurors.

Exempted from
serving as ju-
rors.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That all persons in the State of
Maryland over seventy years of age be, and they
are hereby exempt and relieved from serving as
jurors, in all cases.

In force.

SBC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 140.

Passed March
4, 1858.

AN ACT to refund to William H. Worthington
and Thomas B. Hobbs, the several sums of
money erroneously paid into the Treasury by
the said parties, as tax on their respective offi-
ces, in the years eighteen hundred and fifty-two
and eighteen hundred and fifty-three.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it appears to the General Assembly of
Maryland, that William H. Worthington, clerk
of the Circuit Court for Howard county, paid
into the Treasury, in the year eighteen hun-