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CHAP. 37.
Persons authorised
to receive subscriptions.
Proviso. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
3. AND, to enable the said trustees more effectually
to carry into
execution the intention of this act, BE IT ENACTED, That the said
Doctor James Anderson, senior, William Hamor, William McKenny,
William Harris and Peter Shnyder, and their successors, to be appointed
as hereinafter mentioned, shall have power to receive all monies
already subscribed, and if necessary to obtain further subscriptions
for building the said meeting-house, and to purchase materials, and
contract with workmen for completing the same: and the said meeting-house,
when built, shall be vested in the said trustees, and their
successors for ever, who are hereby declared to be a body corporate,
and as such shall have perpetual succession; Provided, that
nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to give the
said trustees, or their successors, any other powers than those herein
enumerated. |
How vacancies are
to be filled. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the aforesaid trustees,
and their
successors, or a majority of them, shall, on the death, resignation,
disqualification, or removal from Kent county, of any one or more
of their number, appoint another trustee or trustees to fill the vacancy
occasioned by such death, resignation, disqualification or removal. |
Trustees may purchase
ground for a
burial-ground. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the aforesaid trustees,
or their
successors, shall have power to purchase and hold a quantity of
ground, not exceeding one acre, for a burial-ground, provided the
same shall not be within the limits of Chester-town. |
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Passed Dec. 31. |
CHAP. XXXVIII.
An Act to pay the Civil List, and other expenses of Civil Government.
Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 46. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS those who dedicate their time, abilities
and labour, to
the public, ought to receive a reasonable and adequate compensation
for their services, |
| Officers salaries. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the following officers of civil government for the time being shall
be entitled to receive at the rate of the following salaries, in current
money, for the ensuing year, to wit: The treasurer of the
western shore two thousand dollars; the treasurer of the eastern
shore four hundred and fifty dollars; the auditor eight hundred
dollars; the clerk of the council eight hundred dollars; the clerk of
the senate one hundred and fifty dollars; the clerk of the house of
delegates three hundred dollars; the printer to the state one thousand
dollars; the messenger to the council two hundred and fifty
dollars. |
Unappropriated
monies to be first
applied to payment
thereof. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all monies which
shall remain in
the treasury, after discharging the journal of accounts, and all unappropriated
money which may come into the treasury, be first applied
to the payment of the civil list for the ensuing year. |
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Passed Dec. 31.
* Ch. 9, see note
under it. |
CHAP. XXXIX.
A Supplement to the act, (*) entitled, An act to alter the times
of holding
the County Courts of Frederick and Washington Counties.
Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 46.
All acts, &c. directed to be done
and performed by the courts at other and different
terms, are to be done and performed at the terms for holding the courts
under
this act. |
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