512

LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1805.

leges dis-
continued.

and the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty pounds, appropri-
ated by law as an annual donation to St. John's college, be and
the same are hereby respectively discontinued after the first day
of June next; and the said sums respectively shall be and
remain in the treasury, subject to the appropriation of the legis-
lature to literary purposes, and for disseminating learning in the
several counties of this state, and not to other or different
purposes.

Sections
of acts
repealed.

*1784,ch.7,

* 1784, ch.
37.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the second section of an act,*
entitled, an act to provide a permanent fund for the further
encouragement and establishment of Washington college, and
also the nineteenth section of the act, t entitled, an act for
founding a college on the western shore of the state, and con-
stituting the same, together with Washington college on the
eastern shore into one university, by the name of The Univer-
sity of Maryland, be and the same are hereby respectively
repealed and annulled after the aforesaid first day of June next.

CHAPTER 86.

AN ACT to establish permanent Salaries for the Judges of the six judicial
districts in this state.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, by the thirtieth section of the declaration of rights
it is declared that salaries liberal, but not profuse, ought to be
secured to the judges, during the continuance of their commis-
sions; therefore,

Salaries to
the judges.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That each chief judge of the several judicial districts in this
state shall receive for his salary, the sum of two thousand two
hundred dollars per annum, and each associate judge of the
said several judicial districts shall receive, for his salary, the
sum of fourteen hundred dollars per annum ; and the treasurer
of the western shore shall be and he is hereby authorized and
directed, to pay quarterly, out of any unappropriated money
which may be in the treasury, to each of the said chief judges,
and to each of the said associate judges, or his order, the salary
which he is entitled to receive by law.

No 6ther
compensa-
tion.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said judges shall receive
no other or further compensation than what is allowed in this
act, any thing in any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

CHAPTER 93.

AN ACT authorizing the Chancellor in certain cases to decree Convey-
ances for Land, the title to which is in British subjects.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it has happened that many citizens of this state
have purchased land lying within this state, and hold the same
under a contract alone for the conveyance thereof, the legal title
being outstanding in British subjects, or vested by law in this