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34 and 35 CHARLES Lord BALTIMORE.
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CHAP. V.
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Passed 24th
June 1749. |
An act impowering the Justices of Calvert County Court, to
assess and levy on the
Taxable Inhabitants of the said County, a Sum not exceeding
One Thousand
Pounds Current Money, and to impower certain Commissioners
therein named to
appropriate the same towards Building, Finishing and
Compleating a new County
Court-house, for the said County. Lib. B.L.C.
fol. 468.
N.B. By
this Act the Commissioners of the Loan Office were required to pay the
500 l. appropriated
by the Act of 1733, ch. 6, for Building convenient Goals in each
COunty, into the
Hands of the Commissioners appointed by this Act.
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CHAP. VI.
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An act impowering the Justices of Baltimore County Court,
to assess and levy a
Sum of Current Money; and for other Purposes therein
mentioned. Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 470.
N.B. By
this Act, (1.) Certain Persons were impowered to sell, in Fee-simple,
the Glebe-Land
belonging to St. Paul's Parish, in Baltimore County, and
to lay out the Money arising from
such Sale, in the Purchase of so much Land, in Fee-simple,
within Baltimore-Town, as the said
Money should extend unto; and the Deeds between the respective Vendor,
of the one Part, and
the Rector, Vestry-men and Church-wardens of the said Parish, of the other
Part, to be so
worded as to operate and vest the said last mentioned Land, in like Manner,
and to the like
Uses, &c. as the aforesaid Glebe-Land hath been. (2.) The
Justices at November Court 1749,
to assess, &c. on the Taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish 250 l.
to be paid by the Sheriff to the
Order of the Persons above appointed, who were by this Act impowered to
purchase, in Fee, in
the Name of the Rector, Vestry-men and Church-wardens of the said Parish,
One Acre of
Land, at or near the House commonly called the Red House, in Baltimore
County, and thereon
to build a Chapel of Ease to the aforesaid Parish, &c.
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CHAP. VII.
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An Act to take off the Allowance for killing Wolves in Frederick
County. Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 472. EXP. |
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To be in Force 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. VIII.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for the speedy and effectual Publication of the laws of this
province;
and for the Encouragement of Jonas Green, of
the City of Annapolis, Printer.
Lib. B.L.C. fol. 472. EXP.
To be in Force till 25th December
1750. Continued by 1750, ch. 20; and 1752, ch. 12; and
expired 25th December 1753.
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CHAP. IX.
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An ACT for the more effectual Destroying Squirrels and Crows in
the Counties of Kent, Queen-Anne's and Talbot;
and for Destroying
Red Foxes in the said Counties, Lib. B.L.C.
fol. 474.
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Preamble.
Allowance
to Persons
bringing
more Scalps
than required
by 1728,
ch. 7. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this present General Assembly, That
in the Counties of Kent, Queen-Anne's and Talbot, the Laws
heretofore
made for the Destroying of Squirrels and Crows have been
found ineffectual; and further, that Red Foxes have been found to be greatly
injurious to the Inhabitants of those several and respective Counties;
wherefore
it is prayed that it may be Enacted;
II. 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 from
and after the End
of this present Session of Assembly, every Person in the said Counties
of
Kent, Queen-Anne's and Talbot, who shall bring to any Justice
of the Peace
of the aforesaid Counties, the Heads or Scalps of any more Squirrels or
Crows
than the Three required to be brought in for each Taxable, by an Act, entitled,
An Act to encourage the Destroying of Wolves, Crows and Squirrels, shall
for every such Head or Scalp, be allowed in the Levy of any of the aforesaid
Counties where such Squirrel or Crow shall be killed, the Quantity of Two
Pounds of Tobacco; and the Justice of the Peace before whom such Scalp
or
Head shall be brought, is hereby required to give the Persons bringing
the
same, a Certificate thereof, and cause the said Heads and Scalps to be
burnt,
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