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LAWS of MARYLAND.
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CHAP. IX.
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Passed December
30. |
An ACT to pay the civil list, and other expences of civil government. |
Preamble.
Officers salaries.
Monies appropriated. |
WHEREAS those who dedicate their time, abilities and labour, to the
public, ought to receive a reasonable and adequate compensation for
their services;
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the following
officers of civil government for the time being shall be entitled to receive
at the
rate of the following salaries, in current money, for the ensuing year,
to wit:
The treasurer of the western shore
six hundred and fifty, the treasurer of the
eastern shore one hundred and sixty-four, the auditor two hundred and fifty,
the clerk of the council two hundred and fifty, the clerk of the senate
fifty,
the clerk of the house of delegates one hundred, the printer to the state
five
hundred, the messenger to the council seventy-five pounds.
III. And
be it enacted, That all monies
which shall remain in the treasury
after discharging the journal of accounts, and all monies heretofore appropriated
to the use of congress, which shall hereafter be received, and all unappropriated
money which may come into the treasury, be first applied to the payment
of the
civil list for the ensuing year. |
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CHAP. X.
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Passed December
30. |
An ACT for the relief of Anne Dent and Theodore Dent, administrators
of Peter Dent, late of Charles county, deceased. |
Preamble.
Justices to
make inquiry,
&c. |
WHEREAS it has been represented to this general assembly, by the petition
of Anne Dent and Theodore Dent, administrators of Peter Dent,
late of Charles county, deceased, that Peter Dent, in his life-time,
for many years acted as inspector at Pomonkey warehouse in said county,
and
that he discharged his duty honestly and faithfully in that station; that
some
time in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-one, during the late war,
when a
squadron of enemy ships were in the river Patowmack, a number of hogsheads
of tobacco were taken out of the said warehouse, for the purpose of defence,
by
the militia then assembled, and the said tobacco, so taken out, lay exposed
a
considerable time to the weather, and several hogsheads were stolen and
lost,
which circumstance, with that of the shattered and decayed situation of
the
warehouse, rendered it impossible that he could preserve the whole of the
tobacco
for delivery to the owners: And whereas it appears unreasonable and
unjust
that the estate of the said Peter Dent be burthened with the loss of the
tobacco
thus incurred,
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the justices of
the levy court of Charles county be and they are hereby empowered and directed,
at their next levy court, to make strict inquiry into all the circumstances
of the petitioners case, and if, upon such inquiry, they shall be of opinion
that
the estate of the said Peter Dent has sustained any loss or damage by tobacco
being
taken out of said warehouse by the
militia, or by the shattered and decayed
situation of said warehouse, and not by the negligence or inattention of
the said
Peter Dent while inspector thereof, they shall levy on the assessable property
of
Charles county a sum of money equivalent to the quantity of tobacco so
lost, to
the estate of the said Peter Dent, with the usual expence collecting the
same;
and the same, when collected, shall be paid to the said Anne Dent and Theodore
Dent, as administrators of the said Peter Dent. |
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CHAP. XI.
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Passed December
30. |
An ACT for erecting a new bridge over Dividing Creek, between
the counties of Somerset and Worcester. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented, that the bridge across the creek called
Dividing Creek is in a ruinous condition, and almost impassable for
want of repairs; therefore, |
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