Chap. 404.—An ACT to Amend the Charter of the Town of Winchester, in
the County of Frederick.

Appruved November 5, 1870.

Whereas, it is represented to this general assembly, that an
election held in Winchester on the twenty sixth day of May,
eighteen hundred and seventy, there were elected all of the
officers to which said town, under its charter, is entitled, and
that said officers have qualified and entered upon the discharge
of their official duties; and whereas, a doubt exists as to the
regularity of said election, and as to the validity of the official
acts of the officers elected; and whereas, by reason of said
doubt, such of the officers so elected as under the charter of
said town constitute the corporation court of said town, have
failed to hold any term of said court since their election :

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the said
election of twenty-sixth May, eighteen hundred and seventy,
is hereby approved, and all of the official acts of each of the
officers who were elected at the said election, that have been
performed by such officer since his qualification in office, are
ratified and confirmed as though said clection had been held
and said officers elected on Thursday, the twenty-eighth July,
eighteen hundred and seventy, under the act approved July
ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled an act to provide
for an election in towns of less than five thousand inhabitants.

2. The corporation court of Winchester shall have: jurisdic-
tion only for proving and recording deeds and wills, granting
certificates of probate and administration, and for granting
licenses to sell wine, ardent spirit, malt. liquor, or any mixture
of any of them, within the limits of the corporation, and for
enforcing the ordinances which have heen, or may hereafter
be lawfully passed by the common council of said town, by
judgments and execution for fines, or confinement and labor
for misdemeanor, under the same; and the said court shall not
have jurisdiction in any other matter than is herein expressly
provided for: provided, that all fiduciaries who have been or

ereafter may be appointed by the said court, or have qualified
therein, and all trustees in any deed of trust recorded in said
court, shall settle their accounts before a commissioner ap-
pointed by said court.

3. That all causes and matters, except those provided for in
the foregoing section, now pending in said corporation court,
shall be and they are hereby removed to the county court of
Frederick county, and the clerk of said county court shall
transfer to the docket of his said court, the causes and matters
pending and undetermined in said corporation court, and all

apers and records in said causes and matters shall be trans-
ferred to and remain in the custody of said county court.

4, And the charter of the said corporation of Winchester,
as amended by this act, is hereby confirmed, and all acts and
parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

d. This act shall be in force trom its passage. —