| NOV. 1812.
CHAP. 136.
Money of accounts
of the state to be
expressed in same
manner as those
of the U. States. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the money of account
of this
state, shall be expressed in the same manner as the money of account
of the United States, and that all accounts in the public
offices, and all proceedings in the courts of this state, shall be kept
and had in conformity to this regulation. |
Judgments and
decrees. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all judgments and
decrees in
suits and actions hereafter to be rendered and passed in any court
of law or equity in this state, and all penalties, fines and forfeitures,
hereafter to be imposed, shall be rendered, given, made or
imposed, in the money hereby made current; but any judgment,
decree, penalty, fine or forfeiture, rendered, given made or imposed,
in the manner they heretofore have been, shall not vitiate or
render erroneous any such judgment, decree, penalty, fine or forfeiture. |
Public bonds.
Proviso. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in all public bonds
directed to be
given to the state, hereafter to be taken and executed in virtue of
any law of this state, the value of the penalty thereof shall be expressed
in the money hereby made current in cases where the penalty
prescribed by law may be expressed in a different money than
that hereby made current; Provided, that any omission thereof
shall not operate so as to discharge the obligor or obligors mentioned
in such bond, or to make the same void or of no force or
effect. |
When this act to
take effect. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That this act shall
commence and be
in force from and after the first day of June next. |
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Passed Dec. 23. |
CHAP. CXXXVI.
An Act for the improvement of the Baltimore Theatre. Lib.
TH.
No. 3, fol. 475. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
that a new
theatre is about to be erected on Holliday-street in the city of
Baltimore, and that the extension of an open portico in front of
the said theatre as far as the curb or curb-stones of the street,
would greatly contribute to the convenience and safety of the citizens;
therefore, |
Proprietors authorised
to extend a
portico from front
of theatre.
Proviso. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for the proprietors of the lot on which
the theatre now stands in the city of Baltimore, when a new theatre
shall be erected or erecting on said lot, to extend an open portico
from the front of said theatre, on a level with the box lobby,
over the foot pavement of Holliday-street, as far as the curb or
curb-stones; Provided, that the said portico shall be elevated at
least ten feet above the foot pavement; And provided also, that
if
the grand jury for Baltimore county shall at any time present on
oath, that the said portico is dangerous or inconvenient to the citizens,
and it shall be so found on trial by verdict of a petit jury, it
shall be the duty of the sheriff of Baltimore county for the time
being, to cause the said portico to be removed, unless the same
shall be removed by the proprietors within ten days after finding
such verdict. |
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Passed Dec. 23. |
CHAP. CXXXVII.
An Act for the relief of James Fennell. Lib. TH. No. 3,
fol. 476. |
Benefit of insolvent
laws extended
to him. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
James Fennell, now in confinement in Baltimore county gaol, shall |
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