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37 CÆCILIUS Lord BALTIMORE.
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1669. |
Acts made at a GENERAL ASSEMBLY, begun and
held at St. Mary's, in the Province of
Maryland,
the 13th April, and ended 8th May,
Anno Domini
1669. |
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The Hon. CHARLES CALVERT, Esq; Governor.
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CHAP. I.
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An Act for the Continuation of Peace with, and Protection of, our
Neighbours
and Confederates, Indians on Choptank
River. Lib. C and WH. fol. 162.
Lib. WH. fol. 126. and Lib. WH
and
L. fol. 34.
N.B. This act, on Account
of the Fidelity of the Choptank Indians, in delivering up some
Murderers, &c. settles upon them, and their Heirs
for ever, all that Land on the South Side of
Choptank River, bounded Westerly by the Free-hold,
now in Possession of William Dorrington,
and Easterly with Secretary Sewall's Creek, for
Breadth: And for Length, three Miles into the
Woods. To be held of his Lordship, under the yearly
Rent of six Beaver Skins; and is confirmed
among the perpetual Laws, by 1676, ch. 2.
By the Act of 1721,
ch. 21, Commissioners
were appointed for ascertaining the Bounds of these Lands:
And the same Lands are confirmed
to them, by the Act of 1723, ch. 18. |
Passed 8th of
May 1669.
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CHAP. II.
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An Act for Limitation of certain Actions, for avoiding Suits at
law. Lib. C
and WH. fol. 163. Lib. WH.
fol. 73. and Lib. WH and L. fol. 35.
EXP. |
Ditto. |
For 3 Years, &c. Continued
by various reviving Acts, till 1692, when a new Act was made
ch.
35. |
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CHAP. III.
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An Act for the providing sufficient Freight and Carriage for the
proper Goods
and Commodities of his Lordship the Lord Proprietary
of this Province, and of
the Governor of this Province, for the Time being.
Lib. C and WH. fol. 165.
Lib. WH. fol. 76. and Lib. WH and L. fol. 36.
EXP. |
Ditto.
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For 3 Years, &c. An continued by various
reviving Acts, till the Revolution.
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CHAP. IV.
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Petition of Garret Vansweringen, Barbara de Barrette, Wife
of the said Garret,
Elizabeth Vansweringen, and Zecharias Vansweringen,
Children
of the said
Garret and Barbara; Isaac de Barette,
Robert Roelands, Jean Jourdain,
John Vanheeck, Charles de la Roche, and Peter
Johnson; all Residents and
Inhabitants of this Province. Lib. C and
WH. fol. 169. Lib. WH. fol.
127. and Lib. WH and L. fol. 39. PR. |
Ditto.
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Viz. Naturalization.
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CHAP. V.
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An Act limiting the Extent of Attachments, and providing what shall
be levied
upon attachments and Executions. Lib. C
and
WH. fol. 172. Lib. WH.
fol. 80. and Lib. WH and L.
fol.
41. EXP. |
Ditto.
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For 3 Years, &c. Continued by several reviving
Acts. A new Law made 1683, ch. 2.
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CHAP. VI.
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An Act for recording the Journal of the lower house. Lib.
C
and WH. fol.
175. Lib. WH. fol. 130.
and Lib. WH and L. fol. 43. REP. |
Ditto. |
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Confirmed 1676, ch. 2. A new law 1684,
ch.
4.
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CHAP. VII.
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An Act providing what shall be good Evidence to prove foreign Debts.
Lib. C
and WH. fol. 175. Lib. WH.
fol.
84. and Lib. WH and L. fol. 43.
EXP.
For 3 Years, &c. Continued
by several reviving Acts, till 1692, when a new law was made,
ch.
50. |
Ditto.
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CHAP. VIII.
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An Act for Encouragement of such Persons as will undertake to build
Water-Mills.
Lib. C and WH. fol. 179.
Lib. WH. fol. 127. and Lib. WH and
L. fol. 45. REP. |
Ditto.
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Confirmed by 1676, ch. 2. A new Act
1692, ch. 70.
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CHAP. IX.
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| An Act limiting Ordinary Keepers. REP. 1676, ch.
2. |
Ditto. |
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A new Act 1674, ch. 17.
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CHAP. X.
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| An Act for reviving certain laws, within this Province. REP.
1676,
ch. 2. |
Ditto. |
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