| 1785
CHAP.
L. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
in June, August, October, December, February and April, yearly, and
that all process, pleas and proceedings, which are depending and undetermined
in the said orphans court, or returnable to the second Tuesday in
April next, shall be construed, judged and taken, to be in the same
situation,
state and condition, on the Friday next after the second Tuesday in
April next, as they would be on the second Tuesday in April next, and
the justices of said orphans court for the time being, may, on the
Friday
next after the second Tuesdays in April next, proceed to the hearing
and
determining of all process, pleas and proceedings respectively, as
the case
may require, as fully and effectually to all intents, constructions
and purposes
whatsoever, as the justices of the said orphans court could or might
lawfully do on the second Tuesday in February next, any law to the
contrary notwithstanding. |
Passed Mar. 8. |
CHAP. LI.
An ACT for the benefit of Elizabeth Fleming, Margaret Offutt, and
Anne Harding. (A private act.) |
Passed Mar. 8. |
CHAP. LII.
An ACT for the relief of the widows of such officers of this
state who died in the continental service. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS by an act of congress on the seventeenth
of August
seventeen hundred and seventy-nine, it is recommended
to the several states to make such provision for the widows of
such of their officers as have died in the service, as shall secure
to them
the sweets of that liberty for the attainment of which their husbands
had
nobly laid down their lives, |
Governor and
council to allow
a sum of
money, &c. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the governor
and council, on application, may inquire into the situation and
circumstances of the said widows, and shall allow them a sum of money,
to be paid quarterly, not exceeding half the pay their deceased husbands
were entitled quarterly to have received while in service, and shall draw
on the treasurer of the western shore for such sum or sums, not exceeding
the half pay aforesaid, which shall be paid by the said treasurer out of
any
public money not appropriated to other purposes. Provided always,
that
such allowance shall cease and determine upon the future marriage of any
such widow, unless there shall be any child or children living of her former
husband, in which case the governor and council are hereby empowered
to make such allowance, and to draw an order as aforesaid in favour
of such child or children, and to authorise some fit and proper person
to
receive the same in trust, and for the use, benefit and maintenance, of
such
child or children, until they arrive to the age of twenty-one years.
Provided,
that nothing in this act shall be taken to extend the payment of
the half-pay aforesaid to the widows and children of such officers
who
have died in the service of the United States, and have already, under
particular laws, received provisions adequate to the said half-pay; and
if
the said particular provisions are not adequate to the said half-pay, then
such deficiency shall be paid as aforesaid to the widows and children as
aforesaid. |
To be charged
to the U. S. |
III. And be
it enacted, That the said sums shall be charged to the
United States. |
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