1839.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 190.

provide for him in the same manner as other inmates of
said alms-house, of like color and condition, any law to
the contrary notwithstanding.

CHAPTER 189.

Passed Mar. 4,
1840.

An act to change the name of William Price, of Queen
Ann's County, to that of William Skinner Price.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the name of William Price, of Queen
Ann's county, be and the same is hereby changed and al-
tered unto that of William Skinner Price; and it shall and
may be lawful for the said William Price, at all times
hereafter to be called and known by, and hold and use the
name of William Skinner Price, and by that name to sue
and be sued in any court of law or equity.

Acts made valid.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all securities, promises,
contracts, assurances, deeds and lawful acts whatsoever,
heretofore made or done, or hereafter to be made by, or to
the said William Price, by the name of William Skinner
Price, shall be of full force and effect, any law or usage
to the contrary notwithstanding.

CHAPTER 190.

Passed Mar. 4,
1840.

An act to authorise the drawing of a Lottery to establish a
Female Seminary in Saint Mary's County, on the site of
the ancient City of Saint Mary's.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, the disposition to cherish the remembrance
of great events and sacred places as connected with the early
history of our ancestors, has ever been in all ages of the
world considered praiseworthy and commendable, whether
evinced by the institution of periodical celebrations or the
erection of commemorative monuments; and whereas, a
large and respectable portion of the people of Maryland,
have long entertained a desire to commemorate in some
suitable manner the site on which stood the City of St.
Mary's, (in St. Mary's county,) the ancient capital of the
State; the sad remains of which, cannot but recall to mind
the transient nature of all things sublunary and the melan-