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13 CHARLES Lord BALTIMORE.
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1688. |
Acts made at a Session of ASSEMBLY, begun and
held at the City of St. Mary's, on the
14th Day of
November, in the 13th Year of the Dominion
of
CHARLES, &c. Annoq; Domini 1688, and ended
the 8th Day of December following. |
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CHAP. I
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AN act for a perpetual Commemoration and Thanksgiving, every 10th
Day of
June, for the Birth of the Prince.
Lib. WH. fol. 295. REP.
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Passed 8th of
Dec. 1688. |
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CHAP. II.
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An Act for reviving the Temporary Laws of this Province. Lib.
WH. fol.
295. EXP.
Three Years, or to the End of the
next General Assembly. By this Act the several
Laws following were revived and continued, viz. 1661, ch.
3 and 5. 1663-4, ch. 1 and 2. 1666,
ch. 1 and 4. 1669, ch. 2, 3, and 7. 1671,
ch. 4, 7, 8, 9, 23, 25, and 30. 1674, ch. 3, 4,
5, 7, 9, 13, and 26. 1676, ch. 4, 5, 6,
7, 9, 13, 14, 16, and 17. 1678, ch. 5, 7, 8, 10,
and 11. 1681,
ch. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 14. 1682, ch. 1,
2, and 3. 1683, ch. 2 and 3. 1684,
ch. 3. and 1686, ch. 4. |
Ditto. |
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CHAP. III.
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An Additional Act to the * Act for regulating Ordinaries, and limiting
the Number
of them within this Province. Lib. WH. fol. 298.
EXP.
* 1678, ch.
5. The present Act to continue 3 Years, or the the End of the
next General Assembly.
A new Act which gave the Licence-Money
to the Governor, was made 1692, ch. 42.
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CHAP. IV.
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| An Act for Preservation of Orphans real Estates. Lib. WH.
fol. 299. REP. |
Ditto. |
A new Act 1692, ch. 47.
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CHAP. V.
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An Additional Act to the † Act for Encouragement of Tillage,
and raising Provisions,
for Advancement of Trade within this Province.
Lib. WH. fol. 302.
EXP.
† 1682, ch. 1. The present
Act to endure 3 Years, or to the End of the next General Assembly.
A new Law, including both Acts,
was made 1692, ch. 68.
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Ditto. |
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CHAP. VI.
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An Act for erecting some new necessary Towns. Lib. WH. fol.
302.
N.B. By
this Act the following Towns, &c. were erected, viz.
St. Mary's County,
One Hundred Acres of Land, on the North Side of Wiccocomico
River, between White-Point and Bluff-Point, upon
the Land of
Mr. Gerrard Slye, to be called Wiccocomico-Town.
At the Head of St. Jerome's Creek, on the Land of Mr. William
Gwither,
to be called St. Jerome's-Town.
Kent County,
One Hundred Acres, on Cackaway-Point, in Cackaway Bay, being
formerly the Land of Toby Wells, to be called Glocester-Town.
Calvert County,
On the South Side of Patuxent River, between Abbington's Creek
and
Joseph Edloes, to be called St. Joseph's-Town.
At Bowling's Point, in the Freshes of Patuxent, to be called
Bowlington.
Dorchester County,
Upon a Tract of Land called Morgan, near the Head of Fishing
Creek, in Little Choptank, to be called Dorchester.
Talbot County,
On the North Side of Corsica Creek, at a Place called Gleven's
Point,
to be called Talbot-Town;
The which several Towns, Ports, and Places of Trade, to be under such Restrictions
and Limitations,
and also to enjoy the full Benefit, &c. of any other Towns, &c.
by the several Acts for
the Advancement of Trade, &c.
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Ditto. |
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CHAP. VII.
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An Act for the Advancement of making Linen and Woollen Cloth within
this
Province. Lib. WH. fol. 303.
EXP. |
Ditto. |
To be in Force 7 Years from the 25th December
1688.
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CHAP. VIII.
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An Act for the Encouragement of sowing and making Flax and Hemp
within
this Province. Lib. WH. fol. 306.
EXP. |
Ditto. |
To continue 7 Years from the 25th December 1688.
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CHAP. IX.
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| An Act against the Exportation of Wool and old Iron. Lib.
WH. fol. 307. EXP. |
Ditto. |
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Three Years, or to the End of the next Assembly.
A new Act 1692, ch. 45.
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