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11 and 12 FREDERICK Lord BALTIMORE.
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CHAP. XXV.
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Passed 24th
April 1762. |
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. H.S.
fol. 417.
N.B. By
this Act, (1.) The Justices of Baltimore County Court
are impowered to assess and
levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of St. Paul's parish, in the said
County, 600 l. Current Money,
together with the Sheriff's Salary of 5 per Cent for Collection, at Three
equal annual Assessments,
in the same Manner, &c. as the County Charges are usually assessed
and levied. (2.) Certain
Commissioners are appointed and impowered to purchase in Fee, in the Name
of the Rector,
Vestry-men and Church-wardens of the said Parish, Two Acres of Land at
a Place known by
the Name of TL, and thereon to erect a Chapel of Ease to the aforesaid
Parish, &c. (3.) The
said Commissioners are impowered to draw on the Sheriff of Baltimore
County, from Time to
Time, as Occasion shall require, for so much of the said 600 l.
as they, or the major Part of
them, shall think necessary, towards Satisfaction or Payment for the Purchase
of the said Two
Acres of Land, and for building, finishing, and compleating the Chapel
of Ease aforesaid.
(4.) The said Chapel, when built, to be deemed a Chapel of Ease for
the said Parish, and Divine
Service shall be performed by the Incumbent, for the Time being, every
Third
Sunday; and the same Chapel of Ease, to be constantly kept in Repair at
the Charge of the Parish
of St. Paul's aforesaid for ever.
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CHAP. XXVI.
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An Act to augment the Salaries of the Inspectors at Elk-Ridge
Landing Warehouse,
in Anne-Arundel County, and the Inspectors of
Emerson's Warehouse,
in Talbot County; and for other Purposes therein
mentioned. Lib. H.S. fol.
418. EXP.
This Act being founded upon, and connected
with, the Inspection Law of 1753, ch. 22, fell
together with its Original,
on the 1st December 1763.
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CHAP. XXVII.
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An Act to impower Mary Stansbury, Widow and Administratrix
with the Will
annexed, of Tobias Stansbury, late of Baltimore
County, to sell the Lands
therein mentioned, for the Payment of the Debts of the
said Tobias Stansbury.
Lib. H.S. fol. 419. PR.
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CHAP. XXVIII.
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An Act for building a Church in St. James's Parish, in Anne-Arundel
County.
Lib. H.S. fol. 420.
N.B. By
this Act, (1.) The Vestry-men and Church-wardens of the said
Parish are required,
as soon as conveniently may be, to contract, &c. for the building and
finishing a new
Church on or near the Place where the Parish Church now stands. (2.)
The Justices of Anne-Arundel
County are required, on Application to them made by the Vestry, &c.
to levy on the
Taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish, by two equal ASsessments in the
two next ensuing Years,
130,000 lb Tobacco, together with the Sheriff's Salary of 5 per Cent for
collecting the same, &c.
to be by him paid to the said Vestry, and by them be
applied to the building and finishing the
said new Church, and to no other Purpose whatsoever.
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CHAP. XXIX.
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An Act for the Naturalization of Colonel Henry Bouquet, and
Frederick Victor.
Lib. H.S. fol. 421.
PR.
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CHAP. XXX.
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An Act to impower William Clajon, and Mary his Wife,
Administratrix of Gamaliel
Butler, late of the City of Annapolis, to
sell a Lot of Ground, and
Three Dwelling-houses, for the Payment of the Debts
of the said Gamaliel
Butler. Lib. H.S. fol. 422.
PR.
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CHAP. XXXI.
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An Act for the Continuance of Causes standing for Trial in the Provincial
Court.
Lib. H.S. fol. 423. OBS.
Viz. In
all Causes now depending in the Provincial Court, which by Law wou'd not
continue
longer than till April Provincial Court 1762, may be continued from
the said April Court, to the
second Tuesday of September next, &c.
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CHAP. XXXII.
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An ACT to establish a Market, at the Market-house in Chester-Town,
in Kent
County, and for the Regulation of the said Market.
Lib. H.S. fol. 424.
N.B. By this Act, (1.)
Wednesdays and Saturdays in each Week, to be held as Market
Days within the said Town: And all Victuals and Provisions brought
to the said Town for Sale,
upon those or any other Days, shall be carried to the Market House, and
there Sold to the Inhabitants
at the stated Market Hours, viz. from any Time in the Morning
till Twelve at Noon,
except Fish and Oysters brought by Water, Beef by the Quarter, or larger
Quantities, and Pork
by the Hog or Hogs. (2.) No Inhabitants or Others shall presume
to buy any Victuals or Provisions
whatsoever, bringing to and within one Mile of the Town, or already
brought there for
Sale (except as before excepted) either on Market Days, or other Days in
the Week during
Market Hours, at any other Place whatsoever but at or in the said Market
House, under Penalty |
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