626 Assembly Proceedings, May 15-June 8, 1751.

Liber B. L. C.
p. 542

[Which
Bonds are
to be lodged
in the
Council
Office.]

Money which he the said Naval Officer shall receive by the Laws of
this Province, on Account of the Public: " Which Obligation or Ob-
ligations shall be no ways affected by the Act of Limitations; any
Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
Which said Justice or Justices, taking such Bond as aforesaid, shall
be, and he or they are hereby directed and obliged to lodge such Bond
or Bonds with the Clerk of the Council for the Time being, in the
Council Office, there to be kept.

7^th June 1751
Read and Assented to
by the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
M. Macnemara Cl. lo. ho.

On behalf of the Right
Honble the Lord Prop'⁷
of this Province I will
this be a Law.
Sam: Ogle

The Great Seal in
wax Appendant

7^th June 1751
Read and Assented to
by the Upper House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
J Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

No. 21

An Act for erecting a new Market-House in the City of Annapolis.

[Preamble.]

Whereas it is, by the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Common
Council Men, and sundry Inhabitants, of the City of Annapolis, by
their humble Petition to this present General Assembly, represented,
that the Market-House of the said City is found to be of very little
Use to the Inhabitants, by means of the Situation of it: It is there-
fore by the said Petition prayed that it may be Enacted ;

[The present
Market
House, &c.
to be sold.]

And be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the
same, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Mayor, Re-
corder, Aldermen, and Common Councilmen of the said City, to set
up and expose to Sale the present Market-House, and the Piece or
Parcel of Ground whereon the same now stands, in the said City, for
the best Price that can be gotten for the same; and the same to con-
vey in Fee to the Purchaser, under the said City or Corporation

[And the
Money
arising by

euch Sale

to be
applied
towards
erecting

Seal: And with the Moneys thereby arising, so far as the same shall
extend, to purchase some other Piece or Parcel of Ground within
trip said City, and thereon tn erect and build a new Market-House
for the Use of the said City; any Law, Statute, Usage, or Custom,
to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

a new
Market
House.]

7^th June 1751
Read and Assented to
by the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
M Macnemara Cl. lo. ho.

On behalf of the Right
Honble the Lord Prop^ry
of this Province I will
this be a Law.
Sam: Ogle

The Great Seal in
wax Append^t

7 June 1751
Read and Assented to
by the Upper House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
J Ross Cl. Up. Ho.