WHEREAS by an Act of Assembly, made at an Assembly held at
Annapolis, the Eighth Day of May Sixteen Hundred Ninety-five,
entitled, An Act for the Regulating and Division of several Counties
within this Province, and Constituting a County by the Name of Prince-George's
County within the same Province, which is now executed, several
Divisions and
Partitions were made: And by another Act of Assembly made the
Third Day
of April Sixteen Hundred and Ninety-eight, entitled, An Act
ascertaining the
Bounds and Limits of Ann-Arundel and Baltimore Counties,
several
other Divisions
and partitions, Lines and Land-Marks, were made, relating to the
Bounds of both the said Counties.
II. Be it Enacted
by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice
and Consent of her Majesty's Governor, Council, and Assembly of this Province,
and the Authority of the same, That such Partitions and Division, Line
and Land-Marks, as by the Directions of the said Act were made, shall remain
firm and stable for ever.
III. And whereas
there are several Counties that are divided by navigable
Rivers, and no Rule yet made how far the Jurisdiction of each County shall
extend on the River, Be it therefore Enacted,
by the Authority aforesaid, That
every County lying on any navigable River, in this Province, shall extend
its
Jurisdiction from the Shore to the Channel of such River that divides the
County; and be divided from the other COunty by the Channel of the said
River. And that where any Ship or Vessel shall ride at Anchor in
the Channel
of such River, Process may be served on board the said Ship, by the
Officer
of either County that can first serve it. But when moored by any
Hold
on the Land, shall be supposed to lie in that County to whose Shore she
is
fastened, if moored.
Examined and Compared with the Record, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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Preamble reciting
the Act
of 1695, ch.
13.
and 1608, ch.
13.
The Divisions
made by
those Acts
confirmed.
The Jurisdiction
of Counties
separated
from each other
by any
navigable
River, settled. |
