158 LAWS OF MARYLAND.—1780.
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Proviso. |
SEC. 6. Provided nevertheless, That whenever any subject
of France shall become seized in fee of any real estate within
this state, by virtue of any such last will or testament, or by in-
heritance, as aforesaid, his or her estate therein, after the term
of ten years be expired, shall vest in the state, unless the person
seized of the same, within that time, either come to settle in and
become a citizen of this state, or infeoff thereof some citizen of
this, or some other of the United States of America.
CHAPTER 18.
AN ACT to abolish for ever the payment of Quit-rent. |
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Preamble. |
WHEREAS it appears to this general assembly highly impro-
per for, and derogatory to, the citizens of this sovereign and
independent state, to pay quit-rent or tribute to the subject of
any foreign prince, and that not only their honour and dignity,
but their safety, requires, that no subject of an enemy should
draw a revenue from this state : And whereas since the present
glorious revolution, the payment of quit-rent has ceased through-
out the United States, and sound policy dictates, that the citizens
of this state should hold their lands on equal terms with the
citizens of the other states : And whereas the payment of quit-
rent, from the declaration of independence, hath ceased and of
right ought to cease, being an acknowledgment of a seigniory
incompatible with the absolute sovereignty of this free and in-
dependent state; |
Quit-rents
abolished. |
SEC. 2. Be it therefore enacted, by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the citizens thereof, from the declaration of
independence, and for ever thereafter, be, and they are hereby
declared to be, exonerated and discharged from the payment of
the aforesaid quit-rent, and that the same shall be forever
abolished and discontinued.
CHAPTER 34.
An ACT for licensing and regulating Ordinary-Keepers.
Supplements and other laws connected therewith, are 1784, ch. 7, 37,
1791, ch. 58; 1806, ch. 31; 1816, ch. 193; 1817, ch. 227; 1824, ch. 158;
1827, ch. 117; 1828, ch. 85, 1830, ch. 184, 1831, ch. 262, 298, 323;
1832, ch. 273; 1833, ch. 266; 1834, ch. 232; 1837, ch. 124.
SEC. 1,2. The power to grant licenses is transferred by 1827, ch. 117,
sec. 8, lo the clerks of the several counties and to the clerk of the city of
Baltimore, and the price for ordinary licenses is regulated therein, and by
the supplements thereto. See the preceding list of acts, and therefore these
sections are superseded. |
Sheriffs to
collect
lines, &c.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the several sheriffs shall
collect and receive all fines and forfeitures arising on the breach
of any part of this act, and the clerk of each respective county
shall keep a true and exact entry of all ordinary-keepers, to
whom such licenses are granted, and of all fines and forfeitures |
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