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BENJAMIN TASKER, Esq; President.
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1752. |
IV. And be it
further Enacted, That the several County Courts within
this Province, respectively, shall have power and Authority, when and
as
often as they shall find necessary, to oblige such Guardian or Guardians
to
give new and better Security; and upon such Guardian or Guardians Refusal,
to proceed therein according to the Directions of an Act of Assembly,
entitled,
An Additional and Supplementary Act to the several Acts for Administration
of Justice in Testamentary Affairs, in case where any Guardian,
or other
Person, in Possession of any Orphan's Estate, should refuse to give
new or other
better Security for such Estate.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON. |
CHAP.
III.
THe COurt
may oblige
such Guardians
to give
new Security
according to
1729, ch. 24,
§. 6. |
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CHAP. IV.
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An Act for dividing of certain Warehouses in Kent County,
therein named.
Lib. B.L.C. fol. 559.
EXP. |
Passed 23d
June 1752. |
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To continue in Force till the 1st December 1753.
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CHAP. V.
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An Act continuing an Act, entitled, a 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. |
Ditto. |
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a 1749, ch. 9,
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. VI.
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A Supplementary Act to an Act, entitled, b
An
Act to enable the Justices of Charles
County to assess and levy on the Taxable Inhabitants
of that Part of the late Reverend
Mr. Donaldson's parish, which lies in
the said County, Fifty-five Thousand
Pounds of Tobacco; and for other Purposes therein
mentioned. Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 561.
b 1751,
ch.
9. Part of the Tobacco granted by which Act, not being raised
through Neglect
of the Vestry, the present Act enabled them to levy 18333
lb Tobacco, so as aforesaid neglected. |
Ditto. |
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CHAP. VII.
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A Supplementary ACT to the Act, entitled, * An Act for the
Appointment of Constables, and what relates to their
Office;
and ascertaining what Persons are Taxables.
Lib. B.L.C. fol.
561. |
Ditto.
* 1715, ch. 15. |
WHEREAS by the above recited Act, it is amongst other Things
Enacted, " That the Justices of Peace in every respective County
" of this Province, at the first County Court held after Michaelmas,
": shall appoint Constables in each Hundred of their several and respective
" Counties; and the said Constables so appointed, shall, before they
" enter into that office, take the several Oaths appointed to be taken
by all
" Officers, by the Acts of Assembly of this Province, and the oath
of a
" Constable." And whereas it often happens, that the Persons
so appointed
as aforesaid, delay taking the Oaths aforesaid, by which Means the
hundred
for which such Person is appointed, remains a considerable Time without
a
Constable.
II. Be it therefore
Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's President,
and the Upper and
Lower Houses od Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That
from and after
the End of this Session of Assembly, the Clerk of every Constable of
every County Court respectively,
after the Appointment of every Constable in such County, shall signify
such Appointment under his Hand, and deliver the same to the Sheriff
of the said County within Five Days after every such Appointment, under
the
Penalty of Twenty Shillings, to be recovered before a single Magistrate
as in
case of small Debts, to and for the Use of the County where such Neglect
of
Notice shall be made: And the Sheriff shall, within Ten Days,
after such
Delivery as aforesaid, deliver the same to each respective Person so
appointed |
Preamble.
The County
Clerk shall
certify the
Appointment
of Constables
to the Sheriff
within five
Days, and the
Sheriff deliver
the same
within ten
days, on
Forfeiture of
20 Shillings. |
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