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JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAP. XXX.
An Act to authorise the Levy Court of Saint-Mary's County to levy
a
sum of money for the rent of a Clerk's Office.
Lib. JG. NO. 4,
fol. 38. |
1801.
CHAP. 30.
Passed Dec. 31. |
WHEREAS the clerk of Saint-Mary's county hath stated,
by his
petition to this general assembly, that for the want of a public
office as the seat of justice in the said county he hath been obliged
to rent a house for that purpose at his own expense, and praying
that the levy court of the said county may be authorised to levy on the
county such a sum of money as they may think necessary; and the
same appearing reasonable and proper, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the levy court of Saint-Mary's county be and they are hereby authorised
to levy annually on the said county such a sum of money,
for the purpose of paying the rent of a house to be used as a clerk's
office, as they in their discretion may think sufficient therefor, not
exceeding fifty dollars for each year. |
Levy to be made
for paying rent. |
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CHAP. XXXI.
An Act to authorise the Levy Court of Harford County to assess and
levy a sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned.
Lib. JG.
No. 4, fol. 38. |
Passed Dec. 31. |
WHEREAS Frances Donovan, of Harford county, by her
petition
to this general assembly, hath represented, that she hath had
the misfortune to lose her husband, who was drowned, leaving her
with several children, one of whom, Ezekiel Donovan, almost arrived
to years of manhood, is afflicted with convulsion fits, so as
to deprive him of his reason, and that he could not be kept in the
poor-house without continual confinement, and praying that a law
may pass to provide for the support of the said Ezekiel Donovan
out of the poor-house; and the prayer of the said petitioner appearing
reasonable, therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland,
That the justices of the levy court of Harford county be and they
are hereby directed and empowered, at their levy courts annually,
so long as they may see cause, to assess and levy on said county a
sum of money, not exceeding forty dollars, for the support and
maintenance of said Ezekiel Donovan, and that the same be collected
and paid annually to the aforesaid Frances Donovan by the
collector or collectors of Harford county, agreeably to the order of
the levy court aforesaid. |
Levy for support
of E. Donovan. |
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CHAP. XXXII.
An Act respecting the Public Roads in Washington County. Lib.
JG.
No. 4, fol. 39.
See 1799, ch. 32; and 1800, ch. 22. |
Passed Dec. 31. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
Paul Hoye, Joseph Sprigg and John Shaffer, be and they are
hereby appointed commissioners to examine and review that part of
the main road leading from Turner's Gap, in the South Mountain,
to William's Port, so far as the same passes through the lands of
Samuel Ringgold, and to view and examine the lands adjoining the
said road, and if in their opinion the direction of the said road can
be altered in the part above mentioned, to the advantage of the |
Commissioners appointed
to examine
part of a
main road.
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