| 1800. |
November.
LAWS of MARYLAND. |
CHAP.
XXIX. |
nor shall he, or amy person claiming under him, derive any benefit
under this act; but if the said
Thomas McCutchen shall die before the time when, by the laws of the
United States, he may become
a citizen thereof, nothing in this proviso contained shall prevent
him from transmitting or
transferring his said property by descent or devise to any issue he
may leave residing within the
United States, who is hereby declared capable in law to hold the same,
or to any other person, being
a citizen of the United States capable in law to hold the same. |
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CHAP. XXX.
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Passed 19th of
Dec. 1800.
Preamble.
Title vested,
&c. |
An ACT for the relief
of George Rice, of Worcester county.
WHEREAS George Rice, of Worcester county, by his petition to this general
assembly has set
forth, that he purchased real property in this state, and obtain ed
grants from the state for
real property in Worcester county, and that his title to the same is
doubtful, he the said Rice having
acquired it before being naturalized; therefore,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the title to the aforesaid property
be and the same is hereby as amply and fully vested in the aforesaid
George Rice, to all intents and
purposes, as if the said George Rice had been naturalized before his
title to the same had been acquired;
provided always, that nothing in this act contained shall in any manner
defeat or affect any
right, title or claim, to the said property, or any part thereof, acquired
or prosecuted by any person
or persons whatever before the passage of this act; and provided also,
that unless the said George
Rice shall, on or before the first day of June next, proceed according
to law to make himself a citizen of the United States, (unless already
naturalized,) this act shall have no effect to confirm his
title to the property above mentioned, nor shall he, or any person
claiming under him, derive any
benefit under this act; but if the said George Rice shall die before
the time when, by the laws of the
United States, he may become a citizen thereof, nothing in this proviso
contained should prevent him
from transmitting or transferring his said property be descent or devise
to any issue he may leave residing
within the United States, who is hereby declared capable in law to
hold the same, or to any
other person, being a citizen of the United States, and capable in
law to hold the same. |
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CHAP. XXXI.
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Passed 19th of
Dec. 1800.
One Justice may
order persons
to appear, &c.
What persons
are to be adjudged
vagrants, &c.
Certain persons
may be adjudged
to labour,
&c. |
A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act to provide for the administration
of justice in cases of crimes and misdemeanors in the
city
of Baltimore.
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
any one of the justices mentioned in
the act to which this is a supplement shall have full power and authority
to order any person
within this city or precincts of Baltimore, whom he shall suspect of being
a vagrant, vagabond or
disorderly person, or common prostitute, to appear before any two or more
of the said justices, and
such order shall be served by any constable of the said county; and if,
on the appearance of such
person, and examination by testimony, any two or more of the said justices
shall determine such person
to come within any of the said descriptions, the said justices may adjudge
such person to serve
and labour as a criminal, if a male, as a male criminal, if a female, as
a female criminal, according
to the act to which this is a supplement, for any time not exceeding one
year, unless good security
be given to such justices, to their satisfaction, for the good behaviour
of such person for any time
not exceeding one year thereafter.
II. AND, to ascertain what persons shall be
deemed vagrants, vagabonds and disorderly persons,
within the intention of this act, BE IT ENACTED, That every person who
has no visible means of
maintenance, from property or personal labour, and lives idle, without
employment, and every person
who wanders about, and begs in the streets, or from door to door, and every
person who wanders
abroad, and lodges in out-houses, barns, market-places, or the open air,
and cannot give a good account
of the means by which he procures a living, and every woman who is generally
reputed as a
common prostitute, and every juggler or fortune-teller, or common gambler,
shall be adjudges a vagrant,
vagabond or disorderly person, within the meaning of this act.
III. WHEREAS it is represented, that persons
condemned in other states to labour, as a punishment
for their crimes, have escaped and come into Baltimore county, and have
been taken up as
vagrants, BE IT ENACTED, That any two or more of the said justices may
adjudge any person, condemned
in any of the United States to labour, as a punishment for any crime,
to serve and labour as
a criminal, according to this act, for any time not exceeding the residue
of the term for which such |
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