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CHAP. 74.
Passed Jan. 25, 1815. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. LXXIV.
An Act for the benefit of Sarah Payne, Widow of John Payne, late
of Allegany County, deceased. Lib. TH. No.
4, fol. 325. A
Private Act. |
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Passed Jan. 25, 1815. |
CHAP. LXXV.
An Additional Supplement to the act (a), entitled, An act
for establishing
a Company for opening and extending the navigation
of the
River Potomac. Lib. TH. No. 4, fol. 326.
(a) 1784, ch. 33. See 1802, and the acts there referred to. |
Right to surplus
water granted.
Provisos. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the Potomac company, by their president and directors, their successors,
or a majority of them, shall be and they are hereby authorised
and empowered to use and dispose of the land and water
rights, now held by the said company, or which they may hereafter
acquire in this state, in the erection of mills, or other water
works, on account of the said company, and may use, sell or dispose
of the same, when erected, or may lease, sell and convey,
such land and water rights, in such manner and upon such terms
as to the said president and directors, and their successors, or a
majority of them, may appear most advantageous for the interests
of the said company, and shall be authorised and empowered to
acquire lands, and other property, contiguous to the canals and
locks on said river, by purchase, compromise or exchange; Provided,
that the said company shall not at any time hold more than one
thousand acres of land in this state; And provided, that nothing
herein contained shall be considered to authorise any act or bargain
on the part of the said president and directors which shall in its
consequences impede, retard or injure, the navigation of the said
river, canals or locks |
Deeds and conveyances,
how to
be acknowledged. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all deeds and conveyances
under
contracts therefor, authorised by the said president and directors,
and their successors, or a majority of them, in virtue of the provisions
of this act, shall be acknowledged by the president as such
in behalf of the said company, under his hand and seal, and be
executed and recorded as other deeds are by law directed to be
acknowledged, executed and recorded. |
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Passed Jan. 25, 1815. |
CHAP. LXXVI.
A Further Supplement to the act (b), entitled, An act to
incorporate a
Company to make a Turnpike Road leading to Cumberland,
and
for the extension of the Charters of the several
Banks in the City
of Baltimore, and for other purposes. Lib.
TH. No. 4, fol. 327.
(b) Nov. 1812, ch. 79. See Dec. 1813, ch. 122. |
Time for commencing
work extended. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the time for commencing the work on the said turnpike road, as
provided by the act to which this is a supplement, be and hereby is
extended to two years from and after the passage of this act, any
thing contained in any former law to the contrary notwithstanding. |
Banks having accepted
terms entitled
to benefits
contained in former
act. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That such of the banks
as may have
accepted the terms prescribed by the act to which this is a further
supplement, subsequent to the time required by that act, or which
may accept the same before the first day of June next, shall have |
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