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3 FREDERICK Lord BALTIMORE.
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At a Session of ASSEMBLY begun and held at the
City of Annapolis, the 2d Day of October,
and
ended the 17th Day of November, in the
3d
Year of the Dominion of the Right Honourable
FREDERICK, absolute Lord and Proprietary of the
Provinces of Maryland and Avalon,
Lord Baron
of Baltimore, &c. Annoq; Domini
1753: The
following Laws were Enacted. |
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HORATIO SHARPE, Esq; Governor.
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CHAP. I.
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Passed 5th
Nov. 1753. |
An Act for the Adjournment and Continuance of Talbot County
Court. Lib.
H.S. fol. 1.
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CHAP. II.
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Passed 17th
Nov. 1753 |
An Act for the Advancement of Justice. Lib. H.S.
fol. 1.
To continue in Force 3 Years, &c.
Further continued by 1757, ch. 2; and 1760, ch. 4.
A new law made 1763, ch.
22.
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CHAP. III.
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| Ditto. |
An Act continuing an Act, entitled, a An
Act for the Gauge of Barrels for
Pork, Beef, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, and Tare of Barrels
for Flour or Bread.
Lib. H.S. fol. 5. EXP. |
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a 1745, ch. 15,
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. IV.
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| Ditto. |
An Act continuing an Act, entitled, b An
Act to remedy some Evils relating to
Servants. Lib. H.S. fol. 5.
EXP. |
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b 1750, ch. 5;
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. V.
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| Ditto. |
An Act continuing an Act, entitled, c An
Act to prevent the ill Practices of Sheriffs,
in the Collecting and Payment of the Public and
County Levies. Lib. H.S. fol. 6.
c 1742,
ch. 7, hereby continued for and during the Continuance of the Paper
Money Act
of 1733, ch.
6; which Expired the 29th September 1764.
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CHAP. VI.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for Trial of all Matters of Fact, in the several Counties
where they have
arisen or shall arise. Lib. H.S.
fol. 6. EXP. |
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To continue in Force 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. VII.
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| Ditto. |
An Act continuing an Act, entitled, d A
Supplementary Act to the Act, entitled,
An Act ascertaining the Height of Fences, to prevent
the Evils occasioned by the
Multitude of Horses, and restraining Horse-Rangers
within this Province; and
to redress the great Evil accruing to this Province,
bu the Multiplicity of useless
Horses, Mares, and Colts, that Run in the Woods.
Lib. H.S. fol. 15. EXP. |
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d 1750, ch. 25;
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. VIII.
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| Ditto. |
An Act continuing an Act, entitled, e An
Act for relieving the Inhabitants of
this Province from some Aggrievances in the Prosecution
of Suits at Law; and
for continuing the f Supplementary
Act thereto. Lib. H.S. fol. 15. EXP. |
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e 1714, ch. 4.
f 1728, ch. 24.
Hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. IX.
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| Ditto. |
An ACT to prevent Masters of Ships and Vessels, from clandestinely
carrying Servants and Slaves, or Persons Indebted, out
of this Province. Lib. H.S. fol.
16.
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| Preamble. |
WHEREAS divers Servants and Slaves, belonging to the People of
this Province., and Persons Indebted therein, have been carried
away out of the same Province, in Ships or Vessels trading therein. |
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