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BENJAMIN OGLE, Esquire, Governor.
November.
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1800. |
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CHAP. L.
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An ACT for the relief of Henry Disherd, of Frederick
county.
WHEREAS Henry Disherd, of Frederick county, has emigrated to, and settled
in, this state,
and since his emigration to, and settlement in, this state, hath acquired
real property therein,
and his title to such property, from his not having been naturalized before
such property was
acquired by him, may be called in question, to his great injury and detriment;
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the title to all the real property,
lawfully and fairly acquired by the said Henry Disherd, whether such title
be derived by grant, gift,
purchase of devise, be and the same is hereby as amply and as fully vested
in the said Henry Disherd,
to all intents and purposes, as if he had been naturalized before his title
to such property had been
acquired; saving nevertheless to all persons who may have acquired, under
the present existing laws
of this state, a title to any part of the real estate held by the said
Henry Disherd, or any person or
persons claiming under him, their several and respective rights; and provided
also, that unless the
said Henry Disherd shall, on or before the first day of June next, proceed
according to law to make
himself a citizen of the United States, this act shall have no effect to
confirm his title to the real
property by him heretofore acquired, nor shall he, or any person claiming
under him, derive any
benefit under this act; but if the said Henry Disherd 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, and capable in
law to hold the same. |
Passed 19th of
Dec. 1800.
Preamble.
Title vested,
&c. |
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CHAP. LI.
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A Supplement to an act, entitled, An act to authorise and empower
the levy court of Montgomery county to assess and levy
a sum of
money on the assessable property thereof for the purpose
of building
a new gaol in said county.
WHEREAS by the act to which this is a supplement, the levy court of
Montgomery county
was authorised and directed to assess and levy on the assessable property
in said county a sum
of money, not exceeding twelve hundred pounds, for the purpose of building
the gaol aforesaid,
which sum has been levied and collected: And whereas the commissioners
appointed by said act did
contract for and let the building of said gaol to a certain Charles Beckwith,
and did advance to the
said Beckwith the sum of one hundred and sixty pounds, for the purpose
of procuring materials doe
the said gaol; that soon after the said Beckwith departed this life:
And whereas by an act passed
the last session of assembly, the heirs, executors and administrators,
and also the securities, of the
said Charles Beckwith, were to be released and exonerated from all contracts
entered into by the
said Beckwith with the commissioners aforesaid, in any manner respecting
the said gaol, upon the
express condition, that the money so as aforesaid advanced to the said
Beckwith should be returned
to the commissioners aforesaid on or before the first day of March last,
with interest thereon from the
time the said advance took place, which condition was not complied with:
And whereas the said
commissioners did not think themselves authorised to contract with any
other person for the building
the gaol aforesaid, in as much as the provision aforesaid was not complied
with, by reason of which
the county suffers great inconvenience; therefore,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the commissioners aforesaid be and
they are hereby authorised and directed to execute, without delay, the
several duties required of
them by the act to which this is a supplement, in as full and ample manner
as if the contract aforesaid
had never taken place.
III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the time limitted
for the return of the money so as aforesaid advanced,
be and the same is hereby extended to the first day of June next, and
if the said sum of money,
together with the interest that may accrue, be not paid to the said commissioners,
or to such
person or persons as they, or a majority of them, may appoint to receive
the same, on or before the
said first day of June, that then the said commissioners, or a majority
of them, are hereby authorised
and directed to sue for and recover the same. |
Passed 19th of
Dec. 1800.
Preamble.
Commissioners
to execute certain
duties, &c.
Time extended,
&c. |
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