LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1804.

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and form of government, to all intents and purposes, ariy thing
in the said constitution and form of government to the contrary
notwithstanding.
This act was confirmed by 1805, ch. 16.

CHAPTER 73.

AN ACT incorporating the Justices of the Levy Court in the respective
Counties in this State for the purposes therein mentioned.
Other laws are 1798, ch. 34; 1800, ch. 85; 1807, ch. 129; 1816, ch.
96; 1817, ch. 22; 1819, ch.135; 1822, ch. 143; 1823, ch.. 120; 1824, ch.
9, 100, 140; 1825, ch. 161 ; 1826, ch. 128; 1827, ch. 140; 1829, ch. 238;
1831, ch. 187 ; 1835, ch. 201, 342.

SEC. I. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the justices of the levy court for the time being of each
and every county in this state, are hereby respectively declared
to be one community, corporation and body politic, for ever
hereafter.

Justices of
levy courts
incorpora-
ted.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all the property of every kind
belonging to any county, or appropriated, or that may hereafter
be appropriated, to any county use or purpose, is, and the same
shall be, vested in the justices of the levy court for the time
being in each and every county where such property shall be,
except in such counties where the same hath been already
otherwise vested.

Property
belonging
to county
vested in
them.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any suit or suits may be in-
stituted in the name of the justices of the levy court for each
and every county respectively, for the recovery of any property
belonging to said county, or for damages for any injury done to
said property, and indictments may be maintained for any injury
or nuisance done or committed to such property, stating the
same to be the property of the justices of the levy court of such
county respectively where such property may lie, or injury shall
be done, or nuisance committed, except in such counties where
the same hath been already otherwise vested.

Suits to be
instituted in
their name.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all damages recovered in any
suit instituted under this law, and all fines imposed and receiv-
ed under this law, shall be paid over to the sheriff of the county
for the time being where such damages are recovered, or fine
imposed, to be appled for the benefit of such county as other
public moneys are applied.

Certain
damages to
be paid over
to sheriff.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That each and every sheriff shall
pay over such damages, or fine, by him received, in such man-
ner as the justices of the levy court of his county shall direct,
and that the bond given by him as sheriff shall be liable for,
and may be put in suit for, the recovery of the same, in the
same manner as it might be put in suit for any other public
moneys for which the said sheriff may or might be responsible.

To be by
him paid
over as
justices
shall direct.