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BENJAMIN OGLE, Esquire, Governor.
November.
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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
Henry Casey 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. |
CHAP.
LXIII. |
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CHAP. LXIV.
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An ACT for the benefit of Michael Fenwick, of Saint-Mary's
county.
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition
of Michael Fenwick, of
Saint-Mary's county, that a warehouse in the said county, known by the
name of Cole's
Warehouse, was built on the land of the said Fenwick at the joint expence
of himself and the county
aforesaid, for which he has received no compensation; therefore,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the levy court of Saint-Mary's
county be and they are hereby authorised and required to allow Michael
Fenwick, of the county
aforesaid, out of the rents due upon tobacco received by the inspector
of Cole's warehouse, such
annual compensation as they may think proper, (not exceeding fifty dollars
per annum,) taking into
consideration the land on which the warehouse stands, the monies expended
by him in building the
same, and the roads leading thereto. |
Passed 19th of
Dec. 1800.
Preamble.
Court to allow
compensation,
&c. |
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CHAP. LXV.
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An ACT for the relief of Hugh Ferguson, of Kent county.
WHEREAS Hugh Ferguson, of Kent county, emigrated to, and settled in,
this state, and since
his emigration and settlement as aforesaid has acquired real property therein,
and his title to
such property, from his not having become naturalized agreeably to the
laws of the United States,
may be called in question, to his great detriment and injury; therefore,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the title to the real property, lawfully
and fairly acquired by the aforesaid Hugh Ferguson, whether such title
be derived by gift, grant,
purchase or devise, be and the same is hereby as amply and as fully vested
in the person aforesaid,
to all intents and purposes, as if he had been naturalized agreeably to
said laws; 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 Hugh Ferguson
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 property above
mentioned, nor shall he, or any
person claiming under him, derive any benefit under this act; but if the
said Hugh Ferguson 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. |
Passed 19th of
Dec. 1800.
Preamble.
Title vested,
&c. |
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CHAP. LXVI.
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A Further Supplement to an act, entitled, An act to establish and
regulate a market at Bridge-town, in Kent county, and
for other
purposes.
WHEREAS by the act, entitled, An act to establish and regulate a market
at Bridge-town, in
Kent county, and for other purposes, passed at November session, seventeen
hundred and
ninety-seven, the commissioners of said town are required annually, on
the first Monday of March,
to call a meeting of the inhabitants of said town, by giving at least ten
days notice, for the purpose
of choosing commissioners for the ensuing year: And whereas commissioners
were not elected agreeably
to law on the first Monday of March last; therefore, |
Passed 19th of
Dec. 1800.
Preamble. |
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