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LAWS of MARYLAND.
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Passed December
30. |
An ACT to amend and explain the thirty-third section of an act,
entitled, An act for the more effectual paving the
streets of Baltimore-town,
in Baltimore county, and for other purposes. |
Preamble.
Restrictions
confined, &c. |
WHEREAS the regulations and provisions of the thirty-third section
of
the act, entitled, An act for the more effectual paving the streets
of
Baltimore-town, in Baltimore county, and for other purposes, have
been considered as extending to all waggons, wains and carts, belonging
to any
person or persons living within Baltimore-town, or within three miles
therefrom,
although such waggons, wains or carts, are attached to farms or plantations
without the said limits, and are not usually employed within the same;
II. Be it enacted,by
the General Assembly of Maryland, That the restrictions
and regulations in the said section shall be confined to waggons, wains
or carts,
belonging to persons residing in Baltimore-town, or within three miles
thereof,
and usually kept and employed in said limits, and shall not be construed
to extend
to waggons, wains or carts, attached to any farm, plantation or estate,
lying
out of the said limits, and not usually employed within the same, although
such waggons, wains or carts, may belong to persons residing within
Baltimore-town,
or within three miles thereof, and although the said waggons, wains
or
carts, may occasionally go upon the paved parts of Baltimore-town,
any law to
the contrary notwithstanding. |
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CHAP. XLIII.
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Passed December
30. |
An ACT for the better administration of justice in the several
counties of this state. |
Preamble.
State divided
into districts,
&c.
When courts
are to be held,
&c.
Section continued. |
WHEREAS an uniformity of legal decisions ought to be obtained as
far as the circumstances of the state will permit,
II. Be it enacted,by
the General Assembly of Maryland, That this state shall
be divided into five districts, to be numbered and distinguished as
follows; that
is to say, Saint-Mary's, Calvert, Prince-George's and Charles counties,
shall be
the first district; Cæcil, Kent, Queen-Anne's and Talbot counties,
shall be the
second district; Anne-Arundel, Baltimore and Harford counties, shall
be the
third district; Caroline Dorchester, Somerset and Worcester counties,
shall be
the fourth district; and Washington, Frederick, Montgomery and Allegany
counties, shall be the fifth district.
III. And be it
enacted, That two county courts shall be held in each county
within the said districts in every year, and shall commence and be
held as follows:
Saint-Mary's county on the first Mondays on March and August, in
Calvert county fourth Mondays in April and September, in Prince-George's
county first Mondays in April and September, in Charles county third
Mondays
in March and August, in Cæcil county, first Monday in March and
first Monday
in August, in Kent county third Monday in March and second Monday in
October, in Queen-Anne's county first Monday in May and fourth Monday
in
October, in Talbot county fourth Monday in May and second Monday in
November,
in Anne-Arundel county third Mondays in April and September, in
Baltimore county first Mondays in April and September, in Harford county
third
Mondays in March and August, in Caroline county second Mondays in March
and October, in Dorchester county fourth Mondays in March and October,
in
Somerset county second Mondays in May and November, in Worcester county
second Mondays in February and August, in Washington county first Monday
in
April and first Monday in January, in Frederick county third Monday
in March
and third Monday in November, in Montgomery county first Mondays in
March
and November, and in Allegany county third Monday in April and third
Monday
in October.
IV. And be it
enacted, That the fourth section of an act, entitled, An act for
the better administration of justices in the several counties of this
state, passed at |
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