| 1801.
CHAP. 67.
A. Sutherland to
be supported as an
out-pensioner. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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 Alexander Sutherland are such as to render
a situation in the poor-house particularly unsuitable for him,
to support him as an outpensioner, 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 the said Alexander Sutherland an annual expense not exceeding
thirty dollars, to be paid at such time or times as the said
trustees shall direct, the amount of which said pension 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. |
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Passed Dec. 31. |
CHAP. LXVIII.
An Act for the relief of John Fairbank, of Anne-Arundel County,
Lib. JG. No. 4, fol.127. A Private Act. |
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Passed Dec. 31. |
CHAP. LXIX.
An Act for the relief of Hugh Coyle, of Frederick County.
Lib. JG.
No. 4, fol. 128. A Private Act. |
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Passed Dec. 31. |
CHAP. LXX.
An Act to prevent the obstruction of the Navigation of the Western
Branch
of Patuxent River. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 128. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
that wears
and hedges have of late been erected in and upon the western
branch of Patuxent river, near the town of Upper-Marlborough, to
the great injury of the navigation of said river, and of the trade of
the said town; therefore, |
Wears declared
nuisances, and
may be pulled
down. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
all wears and hedges already made, or hereafter to be made, in the
western branch of Patuxent river, below the bridge where the road
leading from said town to the town of Queen-Anne crosses the said
branch, shall be and are hereby deemed and declared nuisances,
and may be by any person or persons pulled down, prostrated and
abated as such. |
Penalty for erecting
them. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any free person
shall, at any
time hereafter, put, place or make, or caused to made, placed or
directed, any wear or hedge in the said western branch of Patuxent
river, below the said bridge, he, she or they, shall forfeit and pay
the sum of twenty-five dollars for every such offence, to be recovered
before any justice of the peace, one half to be paid to the informer,
or him or them that will sure for or prosecute to effect for the
same, the other half to be paid over to the order of the
levy court of Prince-George's county. |
--For fishing
them. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any free person
or persons
shall fish, or cause to be fished, any such wear or hedge, he, she or
they, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of fifteen
dollars, to be recovered, accounted for and applied as aforesaid. |
| --On slaves offending. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any slave or
slaves shall,
without the direction of his, her or their master, mistress or overseer, |
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