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SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR:

Dec Ses. 1824

Property ves-
ted in trus-
tees.

Their deeds
confirmed.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
all that lot of ground heretofore conveyed to John Reister, Jr.
George Fisher, John Councilman and John Stocksdale, and their
successors for the use and benefit of the school in Reister's-town,
together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, be, and
the same is hereby vested in Henry Reister, Charles Larsh, Charles
M'Kelfresh, and Philip Reister and their successors for the use
and benefit of the said school,
2. And be it enacted, That all acts and deeds of the said trustees,
signed by them or a majority of them for the conveyance or trans-
fer of said lot of ground shall be good and available in law, any
thing to the contrary notwithstanding.

Passed Feb.
25, 1825.
Authority to
open.

Power grant-
ed to the
Mayor & Ci-
ty Council.

CHAPTER 157.
An act to open and extend Pleasant Street in the City of Baltimore.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall be, and are
hereby authorised to open and extend Pleasant Street, between
Hollyday Street and Jones' Falls, so as to make a communication
with Hillen Street, if such opening and extension shall appear ad-
visable, without regarding the width or direction of the said street,
as the same are laid down upon the plat returned by the commis-
sioners for laying down streets, lanes and alleys in the city of Bal-
timore.
2. And be it enacted, That the power of providing for the ap-
pointment of commissioners to assess the damages and benefits
and all other powers necessary to carry this act into effect accor-
ding to the usual mode of opening streets in the city of Baltimore,
shall be, and hereby are conferred upon the Mayor and City Coun-
cil aforesaid, to be exercised by them or not according to their dis-
cretion.

Passed Feb.
24, 1825.

Former
clause repea-
led.

Wholesale
merchants
required to
have licenses.

Retailers of
Liquors ex-
empt from re-
tail dry good
license.

CHAPTER 158.

A further supplement to the act, entitled, A supplement to the act laying
duties on Licenses to Retailers of Dry Goods, and for other purposes, pas-
sed at December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, chapter two
hundred and forty six.
Sec 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all such parts of the act to which this is a further supplement,
which requires importers of foreign articles or commodities, to
take out licenses be, and the same are hereby repealed.
2. And be it enacted, That every vender of goods or merchandize
of foreign growth and manufacture by the case, package or piece,
or of wine, rum, brandy, whiskey, or other distilled spirituous li-
quors, by the puncheon, pipe, tierce or quarter cask, whether he may-
or may not be an importer, shall be deemed and taken to be a
wholesale merchant who is required to take out license under the
act to which this is a further supplement, Provided, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to apply to those persons who
are ordinarily termed retail merchants.
3. And be it enacted, That no licensed retailer of spirituous li-
quors, who is not a vender of cloths, linens, and cotton goods,
shall be compelled to take out a license as a retailer of dry goods.