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JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAP. XL.
An Act to empower the Justices of the Levy Court of Charles County
to assess and levy annually a sum of money for
the purpose
therein mentioned. Lib. JG. No., 4, fol. 47. |
1801.
CHAP. 40.
Passed Dec. 31.
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WHEREAS Luke Huntington, of Charles county, by his
petition
to this general assembly, hath set forth, that his daughter Elizabeth
Huntington is deprived of the use of her limbs, and thereby is rendered
unable to support herself, and that he, from indigent circumstances,
and having a large family, is entirely unable to contribute
in any degree to her maintenance, and praying that some provision
may be made for the support of his said daughter; and the facts
appearing to this general assembly to be true, therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the
justices of the levy court of Charles county, shall have full power
and authority, and they are hereby directed and required annually
to assess, so long as they shall see cause, on the assessable
property of said county, a sum not exceeding forty dollars for any
one year, which said sum, so levied and assessed, shall be collected
as other county charges are, and paid to the said Luke Huntington,
or such other person as they, the said court, shall appoint, for
the use, support and maintenance, of the said Elizabeth Huntington. |
Levy for support
of E. Huntington. |
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CHAP. XLI.
An Act to extend the powers of the Trustees of the Poor of Montgomery
County. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 48. |
Passed Dec. 31. |
WHEREAS Sarah Bright, by her petition to this general
assembly,
hath set forth, that she is a very poor woman, the mother of a
helpless daughter, by the name of Eleanor Bright, who was born
an idiot, and still remains in the same situation , and is now arrived
to the age of twenty-four years; one other daughter, by the name
of Mary Bright, who is now in a state of insanity, and hath been
for ten months past; and that she is unable to support herself and
daughters, out of the poor's-house; and the prayer of the petitioner
appearing reasonable, therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of the poor of the said
county of Montgomery, if they shall be of opinion that the peculiar
circumstances of the said Eleanor Bright and Mary Bright
are such as to render a situation in the poor-house particularly unsuitable
for them, to support them as out-pensioners, in addition
to the number now allowed by the act, (a) entitled, An act to enlarge
the powers of the trustees of the poor in the several counties
therein designated, and to allow to the said Eleanor Bright and
Sarah Bright an annual pension, not exceeding thirty dollars each,
to be paid at such time as the said trustees shall direct, the amount
of which said pensions shall be levied in the same manner as the
other expenses of the poor-house in the said county.
(a) 1799, ch. 65.--See 1800, ch. 73. |
Persons to be supported
as out-pensioners. |
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