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LEVIN WINDER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
any turnpike gate, toll for passing more than once each way at
each gate in twenty-four hours (a), and any person occupying a
farm or lot on the said road, on or adjoining to which a toll gate
may be erected, shall have ingress and egress to and from the said
turnpike road, and to the said farm or lot, in as many places as he
or she may find convenient, without contravening any of the provisions
of this act.
(a) By 1814, ch. 22, so much
of this section as exempts persons residing within
three miles of any turnpike gate from paying toll more than once in 24
hours,
repealed. |
NOV. 1812.
CHAP. 133. |
12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be lawful
for the Elkton
Bank of Maryland to subscribe to said stock, in the discretion of
the president and directors thereof, or a majority of them. |
Elkton Bank of
Maryland may
subscribe. |
13. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no toll-gate shall
be put any
where west of the intersection of the Christiana and eastern shore
roads, near Elkton. |
Toll-gates. |
14. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the damages to
owners of land
through which said road shall go in Cecil county, shall be paid by
said county, and the levy court shall assess and levy the same on
the assessable property of said county. |
Damages. |
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CHAP. CXXXIV.
An act to prevent the issuing of small Bank Notes. Lib.
TH. No.
3, fol. 474. |
Passed Dec. 21. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland,
That
from and after the expiration of the charters of the several banks
of this state, it shall not be lawful for any bank or banking institution,
which now is, or hereafter may be established within the
same, to issue bank notes of a less denomination than five dollars,
nor of any intermediate denomination between five and ten. |
After expiration
of charters no note
to be issued for a
less sum than five
dollars. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no renewal of the
charter of any
bank now established, or the grant of a charter to any new bank,
shall be construed to authorise such bank to issue notes of the description
prohibited by the first section of this act, unless specially
authorised thereto by such renewal or grant. |
Said notes not to
be issued without
special authority. |
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CHAP. CXXXV.
An Act recognizing the Coin of the United States, and the value
of
Foreign Coins as established by the Acts of the Congress
of the
United States. Lib. TH. No. 3, fol. 474.
See Nov. 1781, ch. 16. |
Passed Dec. 21. |
WHEREAS by the eighth section of the first article
of the constitution
of the United States, congress is empowered to coin money,
regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and for carrying
into effect the power given by the constitution, congress hath established
a mint and regulated the coins of the United States, and
regulated foreign coins; therefore, |
Preamble. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland,
That
the species of coins which have been and which may be struck at
the mint of the United States, and the rates of foreign coins, as
have been or shall be severally regulated and established by Congress,
shall be adjudged and taken and recognized as the current
money of this state. |
Coins recognized. |
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