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LEVIN WINDER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
the act of assembly, passed at November session eighteen hundred
and five*, entitled, An act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors,
and the several supplements thereto, without requiring the said
Samuel McClellan and George H. Seckel, or either of them, to
produce the assent in writing of so many of their or either of their
creditors, as have due to them two thirds in amount of the debts
due by them, as is prescribed by the provisions of the said act
and supplements thereto, and notwithstanding any deed or other
transfer or disposal which the said McClellan and Seckel, or either
of them, may have made of their property for the security of their
or any of their creditors. |
1814.
CHAP. 28.
* Ch. 110. |
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CHAP. XXIX.
A Supplement to an act †, entitled, An act to encourage the
Education
of Youth in Worcester County.
Lib. TH. No. 4, fol. 259. |
Passed Jan. 11, 1815.
† Nov. 1812, ch. 144. |
WHEREAS it has been represented to this general
assembly that
it has been found impracticable to manage the affairs of the school
incorporated by the said act, under the provisions thereof; |
Preamble. |
1. BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, by the General
Assembly of
Maryland,
That the number of trustees required by said act shall
be reduced to twelve, and that the following persons shall be the
trustees, viz. John C. Handy, Ambrose White, Samuel R. Smith,
James Givan, Ephraim K. Wilson, William Whittington, Lemuel
Purnell, Joshua Duer, John S. Martin, George Hayward, Thomas
R. P. Spence and Robert J. H. Handy; and the said trustees, and
their successors, shall hereafter constitute a body politic and corporate,
with all the powers and privileges created by the act to
which this is a supplement. |
Trustees appointed. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That when a vacancy
takes place by
the death, resignation, refusal to act, or removal from the county,
of any of the said trustees, the remaining trustees, or a majority
of them, shall elect by ballot a person to supply such vacancy. |
Vacancies, how to
be supplied. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trustees,
or a majority
of them, shall fix the time of their meetings, and may from time
to time borrow money for the benefit of the institution, pledging
the corporate property for the repayment thereof. |
Trustees to fix
time of meeting. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all and every part
or parts of
the original act to which this is a supplement, repugnant to or
consistent with the provisions of this act, shall be and the same
are
hereby repealed. |
Part of original act
repealed. |
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CHAP. XXX.
An Act for the benefit of Thomas Noble, James Handcock, Eli Perdue,
William Beachboard, Robert Bell, John Roberson, Alexander
Richardson and Sarah Handcock, widow of John Handcock,
of
Worcester County. Lib. TH. No. 4, fol. 260. |
Passed Jan. 11, 1815. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the
justices of the levy court of Worcester county shall, and they are
hereby directed and empowered, at their levy court annually, so
long as they shall see cause, to levy on the assessable property of said
county, for the support and maintenance of Thomas Noble, James
Handcock, Eli Perdue, William Beachboard, Robert Bell, John Roberson,
Alexander Richardson and Sarah Handcock, widow of John |
Levy authorised
for their support. |
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