LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1792.

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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 laying the public assessment, to the contrary not-
withstanding.

SEC. 14. 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 persons to whom the same have been
disposed of were vested with an estate in fee simple therein,

Lands
made
chargeable,
&c.

without any patent therefor, in virtue of an act* to dispose of
the reserved lands westward of Fort Cumberland, in Washing-
ton county, and to fulfil the engagements made by this state to
the officers and soldiers of the Maryland line in the service of
the United States, and sundry supplementary acts thereto ; Be
it enacted, That all lands granted, disposed of or sold, in virtue
of the said act and supplements thereto, shall be and they are
hereby made chargeable with any public tax or assessment, or
county charge, that may hereafter be laid or imposed, according
to the respective value which shall be set upon such lands in
virtue of this act.

*Nov. 1788,
ch. 44.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the register of the land
office shall, on the first day of April next, make out a list of all
lands granted, disposed of or sold, in virtue of any of the said
acts, and deliver the same, directed to the commissioners of the
tax for Allegany county, sealed and endorsed as aforesaid, to
the sheriff of Anne Arundel county, to be forwarded as afore-
said ; and the said register shall, on the first day of March
annually, make out and deliver to the sheriff of Anne Arundel
county, to be forwarded as aforesaid, lists of all lands which
may, after the aforesaid first day of April next, be sold or dis-
posed of in virtue of any of the aforesaid acts, or by any future
act of the general assembly.

CHAPTER 72.
AN ACT to restrain the ill practices of Sheriffs., and to direct their con-
duct respecting runaways.
Repealed by 1802, ch. 96.

CHAPTER 74.

Register to
make out a
list, &c.

A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT,* entitled, An act regulating the mode of
staying execution, and for repealing the acts of assembly therein
mentioned.
See notes to the original law, ante page 274.

*1791, ch.
67.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
execution may be issued on any judgment or decree rendered
or to be rendered in any court of law or equity, or orphans
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Execution
maybe
issued, &c.