134 Assembly Proceedings, April 8-May 9, 1757

Liber H. S.

No. 1

the same, That an Act of Assembly of this Province, entituled, An
Act for the speedy Recovery of small Debts, out of Court, before
one Justice of the Peace, made at a Session of Assembly, begun and
held at the City of Annapolis on the Second Day of October, One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-three, shall be, and is hereby
continued to be and remain in full Force for and during the Term
of Three Years, and unto the End of the next Session of Assembly
which shall happen after the Expiration of the said Three Years,

28^th April 1757

On behalf of the Right

28 April 1757

Read and assented to

Honourable the Lord

Read and assented to

by the Lower house of

Proprietary of this Prov-

by the upper house of

assembly

ince I will this be a Law

assembly

Signed p order

Hor.^o Sharpe

Signed p order

M Macnemara Cl lo ho

J Ross Cl Up Ho

The Great Seal
in Wax app.^t

No. 12

p. 324

An Act for Leasing out Part of the Prison Land, in Dorchester
County.

[Preamble.]

Whereas the Justices of Dorchester County have, by their Petition
to this General Assembly, represented, That by the Law erecting
the Town of Cambridge, in the said County, there is a larger Quantity
of Land reserved for the Use of the Prison than is necessary, and
prayed that they may have Liberty to Lease out such Part of the said
Land as they, or the major Part of them, shall see proper, for the
Use and Benefit of the County aforesaid.

[Land to be
Leased in
Dorchester
County.]

Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, 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 the Justices of Dorchester County
Court, or the Majority of them, shall, and they are hereby im-
powered to Lease out, upon the best Terms they can, all the Land
reserved by the Law, for erecting the Town of Cambridge, for the
Use of the Prison in the said County, except Half an Acre, first
giving public Notice of their Intention so to do, by setting up Notes
in the most public Places within their County; any Thing in the
above mentioned Law to the contrary notwithstanding.

[Rent ap-
plied for the
Use of the
County.]

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
said Justices shall, and they are hereby required to see that the
Rent, reserved on the said Lease, be annually paid and applied to
the defraying the public Charges and Expences of the said County.

Provided always, and be it Enacted, That before any such Lease

[Half an
Acre re-
served for
the Use of
the Prison.]

as aforesaid shall be made and executed, the said Justices shall lay
out Half an Acre of the Land aforesaid, the most convenient for
the said Prison, which Half of an Acre shall be still reserved for the