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His LORDSHIP in PERSON
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1733. |
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CHAP. VIII.
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An Act for laying out and applying Three Thousand Five Hundred Pounds,
Current
Money of Maryland, to the c
Uses therein mentioned. Lib. B.L.C. fol.
106.
c Viz.
£. 3000 for purchasing convenient Ground in the City of Annapolis,
for the Use of the
Public, and for building thereon a Dwelling House, &c.
for the Residence of the Governor:
And £. 500 towards Repairs of the Public Buildings,
&c. in Annapolis. To be issued and paid
out of the Paper Money Office in pursuance of the Act
passed this Session,
ch. 6, §. 15. |
Passed 12th
April 1733. |
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CHAP. IX.
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An Act to impower the Inhabitants of Ann-Arundel and Prince
George's Counties,
to make the main Branch of the River Patuxent
Navigable above Queen-Anne
Town, in Prince George's County aforesaid.
Lib. B.L.C. fol. 107.
N.B. On Petition of sundry
Inhabitants of the said Counties, setting forth, that Proposals for
making the said Branch Navigable for upwards of Twenty
Miles above Queen-Anne
Town, by
Subscription, had been well received, it was hereby Enacted,
(1.) No Person to make any
Hedge, Wear or Fence, in or across the said Branch, or
to repair any Hedge, &c. already made
in or across the same above Queen-Anne Town aforesaid;
or to Fall, &c. any Tree or Trees into
the said Branch, wither for the Conveniency of Fishing,
or other Matter whatsoever, whereby
the Navigation up and down the said Branch may by any
ways obstructed, under Penalty of
400 lb Tobacco for every such Offence: To be recovered,
by Oath of the Informer, before any
Justice of the County Court where such Offender shall
reside; one Half to the Informer, the
other Half to be paid or accounted for to the County
Justices and by them applied for the Benefit
of such Persons as shall appear to them have cleared,
or to be concerned at their own
Expence, in Clearing such River. (2.) Any
Person whatsoever may clear and keep the River
aforesaid Open and Navigable at their own Expence, without
being obstructed by any Persons
whatsoever. (3.) If the Petitioners did not
begin the Clearing of the said River within Six
Months from the End of this Session, or not so compleated
as to render the said River Navigable
within Six Years after the End of the said Six Months,
then this Act to cease and determine,
&c. (4.) A saving of Rights to his Lordship,
his Heirs, &c. |
Ditto. |
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CHAP. X
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An Act for the Assessment of so much Tobacco on the Inhabitants
of St. Stephen's
Parish, in Cæcil County, as will
build them a new Parish Church, and a
Chapel of Ease on Bohemia Manor, in the
said Parish. Lib. B.L.C. fol.
108. |
Ditto. |
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CHAP. XI.
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An Act to continue an Act, entitled, d An
Act for raising a Duty of Three-pence
per Hogshead on all Tobacco exported out of this
Province for the Uses therein
mentioned. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 109.
EXP. |
Ditto. |
d 1732, ch. 30,
hereby continued 'til 29th September 1736.
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CHAP. XII.
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An Act to continue the Process and Proceedings in the Provincial
Court and COunty
Courts; and for Trial of Capital Offences at the next
Provincial Court, to be
held the Third Tuesday of May next. Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 110.
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Ditto. |
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CHAP. XIII.
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An Act for erecting a Town near the head of Monokin River,
on the South
Side thereof, in Somerset County; and for laying
into Lots Twenty-Five Acres
of Land. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 111.
N.B. By
this Act, (1.) Commissioners were impowered to purchase by
Agreement, or valuation
of a Jury, 25 Acres of Land, out of a tract then supposed to belong to
David Brown,
near the Head of Monokin, and to cause the same to be laid out for
a Town, into 30 equal Lots,
allowing sufficient Space of Streets, &c. and the Lots (for better
Distinction) to be Numbered
from One to Thirty. (2.) The Owner of the Land to have his
first Choice for Two Lots,
provided such Choice be made in Four Days after Survey, and then the remaining
Lots to be
taken up by others, paying the Owner proportionably for the same:
And such proportionable
Payment to give the Purchasers, their Heirs, &c. and absolute Estate
of Fee-simple in such Lots,
they complying with the Requisites in the Act mentioned. (3.)
The Surveyor to return a Plat
of the said Town to the County Clerk to be by him kept among the County
Records. (4.) In
case any Taker-up of a Lot shou'd no build thereon within 18 Months, an
House with One
Brick Chimney, to cover 400 square Feet, them might any other person enter
upon such Lot not
built upon, paying the Sum originally set upon such Lot to the Commissioners,
or Person by
them appointed to receive the same, for the Benefit of the Town:
Provided such second Taker-up
do build within 18 Months after such his entry made, such House as is by
this Act appointed
to be built by the first Taker-up; which House so built,
shall give as good an Estate to such
second Taker-up and Builder, his Heirs, &c. as is by this Act settled
upon the first Taker-up
and Builder. (5.) Lots neglected to be taken up during Seven
Years after Publication of
this Act, shall revert to the Owner of the Land. (6.) The Town
to be called Princess-Anne-Town.
(7.) The Commissioners to employ a sufficient Clerk upon Oath
to make true and impartial
Entries of their Proceedings, in a well bound Book, to be lodged with the
Clerk of
Somerset County Court for the Inspection of any Person. (8.)
Proprietors of Lots to pay One
Penny Current Money, per Annum, for each Lot, to his Lordship and
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