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LEVIN WINDER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
a certain pond of stagnant water that stands upon the lands of the
said Jesse Moffitt, who is now a minor, has for the last five months
past been impeded by obstructions having been put or placed in an
artificial drain that was cut many years since, for the purpose of
draining the said pond, by which means the estate of the said minor
is injured, and the health of the citizens in that neighbourhood considerably
affected, and have prayed relief; therefore, |
NOV. 1812.
CHAP. 66. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons that may be
injured, or in any manner affected by the water standing upon the
lands of Jesse Moffitt, of Kent county, a minor, to remove any
obstruction that may be put or placed, or by accident happen to be
in an artificial drain that has heretofore been cut for the purpose
of
draining the lands now belonging to the minor aforesaid, and other
lands. |
Water obstructions
may be removed. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall not be
lawful for any person
or persons to enter upon the lands of any other person to open
or scour the aforesaid drain, or to remove any obstructions therefrom,
without first giving at least ten days notice to the owner or
owners of such land, of their intention to remove such impediment
as may obstruct the draining of said pond, and if they shall refuse
or neglect to remove the same within the time for which the
notice shall be given, then it shall be lawful for the person or persons
affected to cause any impediment to be removed. |
Notice thereof to
be given. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons shall
stop up said drain, after the same shall be opened, so as to impede
the draining of the aforesaid pond, that he, she or they, shall forfeit
and pay, for every such offence, the sum of ten dollars, to be
recovered on warrant in the name of the said county, and for the
use of the same, before a justice of the peace, and costs thereon,
as small debts are recovered, which fine or fines, when collected,
shall be paid over by the constable that may collect the same, to
the levy court of said county, who shall apply such fine or fines
towards the repair of the public roads in said county. |
Penalty on persons
stopping up drain. |
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CHAP. LXVII.
An Act authorising and directing the Levy Court of Harford County
to assess and levy a sum of money for the erection of
a Room for
the reception and safe keeping of Criminals in said
County. Lib.
TH. No. 3, fol. 396. |
Passed Dec. 25. |
WHEREAS sundry inhabitants of Harford county have,
by their
petition to this general assembly, set forth, that the gaol of said
county is inadequate to the safe keeping of criminals who may be
committed thereto, and have prayed that a law may pass directing
the levy court of said county to levy a sum of money for the purpose
of building a room for the reception and safe keeping of criminals,
and the same appearing proper, therefore, |
Preamble. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the levy court of Harford county, be and they are hereby authorised
and directed, at their first session after the passage of this act,
to assess and levy on the assessable property of said county, a sum
of money not less than one thousand dollars, for the purpose of
erecting and completing a room within the gaol wall, either adjacent
to, or disconnected with the old gaol, (as to the persons hereinafter |
Levy authorised. |
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