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18 CHARLES Lord BALTIMORE.
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CHAP.
XVII.
Penalty on
Ordinary-Keepers,
&c.
harbouring
the Workmen,
&c.
without
Leave.
f 1712, ch. 10.
Persons so entertained
may
give Evidence. |
IV. And be it
further Enacted,
by the Authority aforesaid, That if
any Ordinary-Keeper,
Victualler, or Public-House-Keeper, shall, without Licence
first had and obtained in Writing, from the Owner or Owners, or principal
Manger f any Iron-Work, harbour or entertain any Person who shall be
hired or employed in any Manner about any Iron-Work, or give them Credit
for any Liquor, or other Accommodations, exceeding the Value of Five
Shillings Current Money, in any One Year; every Ordinary-Keeper, Victualler,
or Public-House-Keeper, so offending, shall be liable and subject to
the
same Losses, Pains and Penalties, as are provided against entertaining,
harbouring,
and trusting Sailors, by an Act, entitled, f An
Act restraining Victuallers,
and Keepers of Public Houses from entertaining Sailors, to the prejudice
of Trade and Commerce.
V. And
be it further Enacted,
by the Authority aforesaid, That
any Person
so entertained, and being a legal Witness, shall be admitted and received
as a
Witness, in any Suit or Controversy concerning any Offence against this
Act,
or concerning any Claim or Demand of any Ordinary-Keeper, for Expences.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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CHAP. XVIII.
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Passed 8th
August 1732. |
An Act for the erecting a Town in Queen-Anne's County, on
Chester River,
opposite to Chester-Town, in Kent County,
on the Land possessed by John
Dempster. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 52.
N.B. By this Act, (1.)
Commissioners impowered to purchase by Agreement, or (in case of
the Owner's REfusal, &c.) by Valuation of a Jury, 30 Acres of Land
out of the said Tract,
lying most convenient to the Water, and to cause the same to be surveyed
and laid out for a
Town, and divided into 30 Lots, allowing sufficient Space for Streets,
&c. and the Lots to be
Numbered from 1, to 30, for better distinguishing one
from another. (2.) The Owner of the
Land to have the first Choice for one Lot, after which the remaining Lots
to be taken up by others.
None to take up more than one Lot during the first 4
Months, and the Lots to be taken
up by Inhabitants of the County; but if not all taken up by such Inhabitants
within Six Months
after laying out, then any Persons whatsoever may take
up such Lots, paying the Owners proportionably
for the same. And such proportionable Payment shall give the said
Purchasers, their
Heirs and Assigns, an absolute Estate of Fee-simple in the said Lots, they
complying with the
Requisites in this Acts mentioned. (3.) The Surveyor to return
a Plat of the Town to the Clerk
of Queen-Anne's County, to be by him kept among the County Records.
(4.) The Takers-up
of Lots to build on such Lot or Lots, an House to cover 400 square
Feet, within 18 Months;
and in case of Refusal or Neglect thereof, then may any other Person whatsoever,
enter upon
such Lot or Lots not built upon, paying the Sum first
set and assessed upon such Lot, to the
Commissioners, or Person by them appointed to receive the same, for the
public Use and Benefit
of the Town. And such second Taker-up building and finishing, within
18 Months after such
his Entry made, such House as is in this Act before limited, shall have
as good an Estate, to
him, his Heirs and ASsigns, as is by this Act before settled on the first
Taker-up and Builder.
(5.) All Lots not taken up within Seven Years from
the Publication of this Act, shall revert to
the Owner of the Land. (6.) The Town to be called Kings-Town.
(7.) The Commissioners
to employ a sufficient Clerk, upon Oath, to make true and impartial Entries
of their Proceedings;
which Entries, made up in a well bound Book, they shall cause to be lodged
with the
Clerk of Queen-Anne's County Court, for the Inspection of any Person.
(8.) A Saving of Rights
to the Crown, the Lord Proprietary, &c. (9.) Possessors
of Lots to pay One Penny Current
Money per Annum to the Lord Proprietary, and his Heirs for ever.
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CHAP. XIX.
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| Ditto. |
An Act to provide raising of Swine in Upper-Marlborough-Town,
in Prince
George's County. Lib. B.L.C. fol.
53.
N.B. By
this Act, (1.) No Inhabitant of the said Town, shall, on any
Pretence whatsoever,
keep within the said Town any Swine, belonging to themselves, or any other
Person, unless
within their own Inclosures. (2.) Person convict before any
Magistrate or transgressing
herein, shall pay 100 lb Tobacco for each Transgression, to be levied by
Execution on the Body,
Goods, &c. of the Offender; as in case of small Debts; to be applied
to the Use of the Free-School
of the County.
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CHAP. XX.
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| Ditto. |
An Act reviving and continuing an Act of Assembly of this Province,
entitled,
g An Act for the better
Relief of poor Debtors. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 54.
EXP. |
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g 1722, ch. 13;
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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