| 1800. |
November.
LAWS of MARYLAND. |
CHAP.
LXVI.
Inhabitants to
meet, &c. |
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for the
inhabitants of Bridge-town, and of Sand-town, in Queen-Anne's county, entitled
to vote for commissioners,
to meet at the house now occupied by William Mann, in Bridge-town, on the
first Monday
in March next, and then and there elect five discreet reputable persons
to act as commissioners
of said town for one year from and after the first day of April next; and
the commissioners, so elected,
shall have and exercise all the powers vested in commissioners of said
town by the act to which
this is a supplement. |
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CHAP. LXVII.
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Passed 19th of
Dec. 1800.
Preamble.
Chancellor may
order property
to be sold, &c.
In certain cases
the whole may
be sold, &c.
Sales to be notified,
&c.
To whom the
sum remaining
shall belong. |
An ACT respecting idiots, lunatics and persons non compos mentis.
WHEREAS by law the chancellor is confined in making provision for the
support of idiots,
lunatics and persons non compos mentis, to the annual proceeds of
the estate: And whereas it
appears reasonable to this general assembly that the power should be
increased,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That from and after the passage of this
act, the chancellor shall have full power and authority, in all cases where
trustees shall or may be
appointed under the authority of the chancery court for the management
of the estates and persons
of idiots, lunatics and persons non compos mentis, to order and
direct the property of such idiot,
lunatic or person non compos mentis, or so much thereof as he may
judge necessary for the support of
such idiot, lunatic or person non compos mentis, or for the payment
of all reasonable and just expences
which such trustee or trustees may or have incurred, to be sold, upon such
terms as he may think
proper, and to appoint a trustee or trustees for the purpose of effecting
such sale or sales, and the
money arising therefrom to be applied to the discharge of such expences.
III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in cases where
a sale of the property of any idiot, lunatic or
person non compos mentis, shall be necessary for the support of
such person, and such property will not
admit of division without prejudice thereto, or shall be so situated, or
of such a nature, as to render
it adviseable and beneficial to such person, in the opinion of the chancellor,
to sell the whole, or any
greater part thereof than may be necessary for the immediate support of
such person, the said chancellor
shall have full power and authority to order a sale or sales to be made
of the whole, or so
much of the property of such idiot, lunatic or person non compos
mentis, as he shall think proper, and
to direct the application of the money arising from such sale or sales,
and the interest thereof, for
the purposes aforesaid, and to direct from time to time in what funds the
money arising from said
sales shall be vested, and in all things to order in the premises as he
may deem for the benefit and
advantage of said lunatic.
IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all sales made
by the authority of the chancellor, under this act,
shall be notified to, and confirmed by, the chancellor, before any conveyance
of the property shall be
made, and bond, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the
chancellor, shall be given
by the person or persons empowered to sell the property as aforesaid, for
the due execution of the
trust committed to him or them, which bond shall be lodged with the register
in chancery.
V. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the principal sum
arising from the sale of the said property, or
so much thereof as may remain unapplied to the use and maintenance of said
lunatic, during the
life-time of said lunatic, shall, on the death of the said lunatic, belong
to such person or persons,
his, her or their heirs or legal representatives, as would have been entitled
to the said property in
case the same had not been sold. |
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CHAP. LXVIII.
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Passed 19th of
Dec. 1800.
Preamble. |
An ACT for the relief
of John Charles Francois Chirac.
WHEREAS the said John Charles Francois Chirac and Henry Peters, both
of the city of Baltimore,
have, by their petition to this present general assembly, set forth, that
John Baptist
Chirac, late of the said city, deceased, was, in his life-time, and at
the time of his death, seized in
fee and possessed of, a certain lot of land in said city, with three dwelling-houses
thereon, and other
the appertenances, which lot is situated in that part of the said city
called Howard's Late Addition,
and is contained within the following courses and distances, to wit:
Beginning at the intersection of
Barré-street and Sharpe-street, and running thence, bounding on
Sharpe-street, north, one hundred
and sixty-six feet and six inches, thence east, parallel with Conawago-street,
one hundred and twenty-six
feet, thence west, binding on Barré-street, to the beginning; that
the said John Baptist Chirac
died intestate, and without heirs, by reason whereof the said lot, messages
and appertenances, |
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