CHAP.
XXXVII.
And lay out
anew the
public square,
&c.
Swine, &c.
may be
seized, &c.
Commissioners
to contract
for materials,
&c. |
recorded among the land records of the said county, and the original
plot thereof
to be by him kept, and a certified copy thereof shall be for ever hereafter
deemed
and taken as full evidence of the bounds, lines and location, of the
said village
and lots, and the streets and alleys of the same.
IV. And,
whereas it is represented to this general assembly, that the public
square at Denton might be much more advantageously located, by exchanging
a
part of the said public square for a small quantity of land lying on
the south side
thereof, by means whereof a communication with the main street leading
through
Denton will be formed with the said public square; therefore, Be
it enacted,
That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised
and
empowered to survey and lay out anew the public square which was originally
laid out and condemned in pursuance of the act of assembly to which
this is an
additional supplement; and in case the said commissioners, or a majority
of them,
shall deem it most advantageous to the public, they, or a majority
of them, are
hereby authorised and empowered to exchange a part of the said public
square lying
on the northernmost side thereof, not exceeding one acre, for the like
quantity
of land on the southernmost side of the said square, and upon the proprietor
or proprietors
of any such land so exchanged executing a deed or deeds of bargain
and
sale agreeably to the laws of this state, such land shall be for ever
hereafter deemed
and taken to be part of the said public square, and as such to be used
and enjoyed;
and upon the said commissioners, or a majority of them, executing a
deed
of bargain and sale of any such part of the said public square, not
exceeding the
quantity aforesaid, such deed shall be good and effectual to pass a
sufficient title in
fee-simple to such bargainee or bargainees to whom such deed shall
be made.
V. And
be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any person residing
within the limits of the said village, in ten days after laying out
of the same, and
the return made as aforesaid by the said commissioners, to seize or
take any
swine or geese that may be found running at large within the limits
of the said
village, belonging to any person residing within the same, and the
same retain in
his, her or their own possession, until the owner or owners thereof
shall pay the
sum of one half dollar for every hog, or for every half dozen geese,
and a proportionable
sum for every goose, so taken up, to the use of the person or persons
taking up or securing the same; and in case the proprietor or proprietors
aforesaid
shall not, within two days after notice of such seizure, pay the sum
or sums as
aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the person seizing the same
to sell the
same by public venue in the said village, within three days, between
the hours
of ten and twelve of the forenoon of the said day, and the monies thereon
arising
to apply to his, her or their own proper use.
VI. And be it
enacted, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them.
are hereby empowered and directed to contract and agree for materials,
and to
employ necessary labourers and mechanics, upon the most reasonable
terms, to
erect and build a good and sufficient prison, in such convenient part
of the said
public square as the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall
deem proper;
and the justices of the levy court of Caroline county are hereby directed
empowered to levy and assess, at two equal assessments in the years
of
seventeen hundred and ninety-seven and seventeen hundred and ninety-eight,
a
sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, on the assessable property
of the said
county, together with the usual commission for collecting the same;
which sum,
so to be assessed and levied, shall be collected by the collector of
the said county
as the other county charges are collected; and the same, when collected,
shall
be paid over by such collector to the commissioners, or a majority
of them, or
their order, for the purpose of completing the said prison; and it
shall and may
be lawful for the said commissioners, or a majority of them, to demand
and receive,
sue for and recover, from the commissioners, or any of them, appointed
in pursuance of the said act to which this is an additional supplement,
any sum
or sums of money which the said commissioners, or either of them, shall
have
received and not applied to the purposes of erecting a prison in the
said county,
agreeably to the provisions of the said act. |
