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CHAP. 161. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
have received the same, or that the same was not killed contrary
to the provisions of this act. |
Penalty on slaves
killing deer.
Proviso. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any master,
mistress or overseer,
shall wilfully suffer any servant or servants, slave or slaves,
under his, her or their care and management, to hurt, kill or destroy,
any deer, contrary to this act, shall forfeit the sum of forty
dollars, to be recovered and applied as before directed; and if any
servant or servants, slave or slaves, do or shall hurt, kill or destroy,
any deer, contrary to this act, and without the privity and
knowledge of their masters, mistress or overseer, and be convicted
thereof before any justice of the peace, such servant or servants,
slave or slaves, shall be whipped not exceeding thirty-nine lashes,
at the discretion of such justice of the peace; Provided always,
that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend,
to prevent the owner from killing tame deer, or deer confined
in parks. |
| Repeal. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all laws heretofore
passed for the
preservation of the breed of wild deer in Somerset and Dorchester
counties (a), repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of
this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
(a) 1807, ch. 77, and 1810, ch.
22. See 1800, ch. 5, ch. 16; 1805, ch. 11; and
1808, ch. 91. |
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Passed Feb. 4, 1818. |
CHAP. CLXII.
An Act to provide for building Bridges over Patuxent River.
Lib.
TH. No. 6, fol. 94. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS, it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of a number of inhabitants of Prince-George's and Anne-Arundel
counties, that it would tend greatly to their accommodation
and convenience, and to that of the public generally, if bridges
were erected over the Patuxent river, at Queen-Anne, and at
the two fording places called the Governor's Bridge, and the
Priest's Ford; therefore, |
Levy authorised
for building
bridges.
* Ch. 42.
Proviso. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the justices of the levy courts of Prince-George's county and Anne-Arundel
county, are hereby authorised and empowered, to assess
and levy a sum not exceeding fourteen hundred dollars, on the assessable
property in their respective counties, at the time of laying
their next county rates, together with the commission for collecting
the same, which said assessment shall be made, levied, collected
and paid, to the commissioners appointed by this act, or to
their order, as soon as the same shall become payable by law, as
follows, to wit: To the commissioners for building the bridge
at
Queen-Anne, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars; to the
commissioners for building the bridge at the Priest's Ford a sum
not exceeding eight hundred dollars; and in case the collector shall
refuse or neglect to pay the same, the said commissioners shall
have the same remedy for recovering the same as is prescribed by
the act, entitled, An act for the speedy recovery of monies levied
or received by sheriffs and collectors, passed November session
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven*; Provided, that before the
said
commissioners for building either of said bridges shall be entitled |
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