1831

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAP. 231.

record a deed from William Hall, of Prince George's

county, to Seth Hyatt, Senior, James Beck, Humphrey
Godman, Jacob Fiddle, and John Williams, Trustees, dated

the second day of October, in the year of our Lord, eigh-

teen hundred and fifteen; for a lot of ground, being part of

a tract of land called Pleasant Grove, situate, lying, and

being in Prince George's, county, state of Maryland, con-

taining one acre of land, and that the same, when recorded,

Confirmed,

shall be as good and sufficient in law, to convey the fee

simple estate therein mentioned, as if the same had been

recorded within six months from the date thereof; Provided,

Proviso

that nothing in this act shall be construed to effect the in-

terest by any third party, to the property therein mentioned,

acquired since the date of the said deed.

Also certificate.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That the said clerk is hereby

authorised and required, to record, with the said deed, the

certificate annexed thereto, and signed by Richard Brown,

and dated the twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand

eight hundred and thirty-two, and the therein named

Trustees named

Samuel Peach/ John G. Morsell, John N. Godman and

Wesley Gonway, trustees in trust for the purposes therein

specified, be, and the same are hereby declared the suc-

cessors, in trust, of the aforesaid Setb Hyatt, Senior, James

Humphrey Godman and John Williams, and as their

sucessors are vested with all the power, with which the

aforesaid deed contemplated clothing the trustees.

CHAPTER 231.

Passed Mar. 8,1852

An act f or the preservation of Fish, in Allegany county.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it has been represented to this General As-

sembly, that sundry persons of the adjoining states, and

others, art in the habit of fishing with nets in the several

creeks mentioned in the following act, so as almost to destroy

the trout and other valuable fish; for the preservation there-

of.

Fishing with seins
or acts.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

if any person shall be found fishing with seins or nets of any

kind in the Big Youghagany, Little Youghagany, Deep

creek, Cherry creek, and Snowy creek, in Allegany coun-

ty, after the passage of this act, every such person so offend-

ing shall forfeit and pay for each offence, the sum of twen-

Penalty

ty dollars, to be recovered by action of debt before any

justice of the peace; one half to the informer, and the other

half to the school fund of Allegany county.