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22 CHARLES Lord BALTIMORE.
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CHAP. VII.
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Passed 28th
May 1737.
b 1729, ch. 4.
c 1723, ch. 15. |
A Supplementary Act to the Act, entitled, b An
Act for the more effectual Punishment
of Negroes and other Slaves, and for taking away
the Benefit of Clergy
from certain Offenders; and to an Act, entitled,
c
An Act to prevent the tumultuous
Meeting and other Irregularities of Negroes and
other Slaves; and
directing the Manner of Trying of Slaves.
Lib. B.L.C. fol. 175. EXP.
This Act was passed for 3 Years,
&c. and continued by 1740, ch. 7; 1744, ch. 18; and
1747, ch.
16.
A new law was made 1751, ch. 14. |
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CHAP. VIII.
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Passed 28th
May 1737. |
An Act to encourage the apprehending some d Felons;
and for trying Accessaries
to Felonies by them committed before Conviction
of the Principals. Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 178. OBS.
d
Viz.
William and Edward Turner, notorious Felons and Robbers at this
Time. |
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CHAP. IX.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for the Relief of William Torvor, of London, Merchant.
Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 179. PR.
Viz. To
reimburse him the Duties of 236 Hogsheads of Tobacco, lost in their Passage
home. |
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CHAP. X.
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| Ditto.
e 1736, ch. 21. |
A Supplementary Act to the Act, entitled, e An
Act for Erecting a Town in
Kent County, on the South Side of Sassafras
River,
on a Tract of Land called
Tolchester, at the Place where the Ferry
is now kept. Lib. B.L.C. Fol.
180.
N.B. The
Commissioners appointed by the original Act of 1736, ch. 21, having
suffered
the Time limited thereon, to elapse, whereby the Act
was rendered ineffectual, the present Act
gave them farther Time, tot he last of October
1737, with full Power to perform and do all the
Requisites of the original Act. |
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CHAP. XI.
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| Ditto. |
A Supplementary Act to the Act for Erecting a Town at Joppa,
in Baltimore
County. LIb. B.L.C. fol. 181.
N.B. There
being a Sum of Money in the Hands of the Town-Clerk, arising from Payments
for Lots by second Takers-up, unapplied to the Use of
the Town; and the major Part
of the Commissioners being dead, the Money could not
be applied as directed by the original
Act of 1724, ch. 16; this present Act therefore
impowers the Justices of Baltimore COunty
Court, to receive and apply the said Money for the Use
and Benefit of the said Town, &c. |
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CHAP. XII.
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| Ditto. |
An ACt to cut off the entail of Two Acres of Land, Part of a Tract
called
New-Year's-Gift. Lib. B.L.C.
fol. 182.
Viz. For the Use of Queen-Caroline
Parish
in Ann-Arundel County, being the Land whereon
the Church
is built. |
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CHAP. XIII.
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| Ditto. |
A Supplementary Act to the Act, entitled, f
An
Act for the speedy and more
effectual Publication of the Laws of this Province,
and for the Encouragement
of William Parks, of the City of Annapolis,
Printer.
Lib. B.L.C. fol.
183. EXP. |
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f 1727, ch. 8;
which expired in 1740.
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