| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
thousand yards, they shall give notice thereof to the governor of
this state, who shall thereupon, forthwith nominate and appoint
three skilful persons to view and examine the same, and make report
thereon, whether the said road is so far done and executed in
a complete and workmanlike manner, according to the true intent
and meaning of this act, and if their report shall be in the affirmative,
then the governor shall, by license under his hand, and the
great seal of the state, permit and suffer the said president, managers
and company, to erect and fix so many gates and turnpikes
upon and across the said road, as will be necessary and sufficient
to collect the tolls and duties imposed by the authority herein
granted. |
1816.
CHAP. 197. |
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CHAP. CXCVIII.
An Act authorising Joseph Darden, late Collector of Talbot County,
to
complete
his Collections. Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 349. |
Passed Feb. 3, 1817. |
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CHAP. CXCIX.
An Act authorising the appointing Inspectors and Wood-Corders, and
to regulate the Cording of Fire Wood brought by Water
to the City
of Baltimore for Sale. Lib. TH. No.
5, fol. 350. |
Passed Feb. 3, 1817. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the council,
shall immediately after the passage of this act, and in every year
thereafter, appoint six (a) inspectors and corders of the fire-wood
brought by water to the city of Baltimore for sale.
(a) By 1817, ch. 141, s. 6, two
additional wood corders to be appointed, one of them
to be designated as wood-corder for the first and tenth wards, &c. |
Inspectors and
wood-corders to
be appointed. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said inspectors
and wood-corders
hereafter to be appointed, before they enter upon the execution
of their offices, shall make the following oath of affirmation,
(as the case may be) before some person authorised to administer
the same; " I do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I will faithfully,
truly and impartially, according to the best of my judgment, skill
and understanding, execute, do and perform, the office and duty of
inspector and wood-corder, according to the true intent and meaning
of the laws of this state relative to the same; so help me God." |
Oath to be taken. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every inspector
and wood-corder
for examining and measuring fire-wood in the city and county of
Baltimore, shall receive one sixteenth of a dollar for each and
every cord so measured by them, to be paid by the seller thereof;
and no inspector and wood corder, either by himself or by any
other person or persons whomsoever, for or in trust for him, shall
buy, trade or barter, for any fire-wood on the way to, or brought
to the city aforesaid, other than for his own family's use, nor shall
any inspector and wood-corder be concerned in bringing any wood
to the said city of Baltimore by water for sale, or own any vessel
in which the same may be brought. |
Their allowance. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons bringing
any fire-wood by water to the city of Baltimore for sale, shall
sell and deliver the same before it has been corded and measured
by some one of the inspectors and wood-corders appointed in virtue
of this act, or shall neglect or refuse to have the same corded
and measured, or after the same has been measured, shall alter the |
Penalty for selling
wood before it has
been corded. |
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