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BALTIMORE COUNTY.

fold, since the last list of alienations by them respectively made
out and forwarded ; which list shall express the names of the
bargainer or grantor, or bargainers or grantors, bargainee or
grantee, or bargainees or grantees, of the land, and the quantity
of acres the same may contain, and shall enclose and direct the
same under seal, endorsed 'on public service,' to the commis-
sioners of the tax of the county where such lands may lie, to
be forwarded as other public letters are by law directed to be
forwarded, and under the like penalties ; and the clerks of the
court of appeals of the western and eastern shores respectively,
shall annually thereafter, between the first day of March and
the first day of May, iu like manner make out from the records
of deeds as aforesaid, lists of the alienations of all lands which
shall from time to time be granted, bargained or sold, and re-
corded at length, to be directed, delivered and forwarded in like
manner.

Rules to be
observed in
estimating
estates, &c.

SEC. 35. And be it enacted, That the commissioners, in
estimating estates and interests in lands and town lots, shall
observe the following rules, to wit: That all lands held and en-
joyed immediately by tenants in fee simple absolute, or fee
simple conditional, or executory, fee tail, in dower, by the cour-
tesy for life, or for years, without any valuable rent reserved,
shall be wholly valued to such tenants.

Tenants,
&c. of
leasehold
estates.

SEC. 36. And be it enacted, That the tenant or person hold-
ing any leasehold estate, shall pay to the collector the sum
valued for the estate or interest of any landlord, and the tenant
or person so paying may have his or her action against the les-
sor, or his or her heirs, executors or administrators, for the sum
of money he or she shall so pay, as for money paid for his or
her use, or may deduct the money so paid, or any part thereof,
out of any rent reserved upon such tenancy, unless otherwise
agreed between the lessor and lessee.

Average
value of
lands in
Allegany
and Wash-
ington.

SEC. 37. And be it enacted, That the average value of the
lands by the acre in Allegany county, be fifty cents current
money, and that the average value of the lands in Washington
county shall be three dollars and twenty cents per acre, any
thing in the before mentioned act to ascertain the value of the
land in the several counties of this state, for the purpose of lay-
ing the public assessment, to the contrary notwithstanding.

Lands
westward
of Fort
Cumber-
land made
chargeable
with public
tax.
Nov. 1788,
eh. 44.

SEC. 38. And whereas, large quantities of land to the west-
ward of Fort Cumberland, in Allegany county, have been
granted, disposed of, or sold by the state, to different persons,
and in many cases the person or persons to whom the same
have been disposed of were vested with an estate in fee simple
therein, without any patent therefor, in virtue of an act* to dis-
pose of the reserved lands westward of Fort Cumberland, in
Allegany county ; andn to fulfil the engagements made by this