| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the passage of this act, the governor, with the advice
of the council, is hereby authorised and required, to cause the
laws, votes and proceedings, and other public packets and letters,
to be forwarded to the different counties in this state, in such manner,
and on such terms, as they may think best calculated to effect
the safe and speedy conveyance of the same. |
1816.
CHAP. 241.
Governor and
council authorised
to forward laws,
&c. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the treasurer of
the western shore
be and he is hereby authorised and directed, to pay over to the governor
and council, or their order, annually, a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, for the purpose of carrying this act into execution. |
To draw on treasurer. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That so much of an act,
entitled, An
act for the more speedy conveyance of public letters and packets,
and for other purposes, and all other acts (a) repugnant to, or inconsistent
with, the provisions of this act, be and they are hereby
repealed.
(a) The other acts are, 1791, ch. 20, and 1802, ch. 76. |
Repeal. |
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CHAP. CCXLII.
A Supplement to the act*, entitled, An act to provide for the Organization
and Regulation of the Courts of Common Law in this State,
and for the Administration of Justice therein.
Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 405. |
Passed Feb. 5, 1817.
* 1805, ch. 65. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
during the recess of any county court, it shall and may be lawful
for the clerk of any county court, wherein no associate judge of the
county court resides, to grant permits in all cases where an associate
justice heretofore could or might have granted them, and in
the same manner, and for the same time; and the money therefor
shall be immediately paid by the party applying for the same to the
said clerk of the county court, to be accounted for as other monies
received for licenses, and within the same time, and under like
penalties (b), and the said clerk shall file the recognizance thereupon
taken, and enter the name of the principal therein named, and
his securities, upon the list of persons licensed by the court.
(b) See June 1780, ch. 8, s.
9; 1797, ch. 38; 1800, ch. 82, and Nov. 1809, ch.
127. By 1817, ch. 227, s. 6, if the license or permit is intended
for the use or
benefit of any other person, the court, judge or clerk, in Calvert, Anne-Arundel
and Saint Mary's counties, are not to grant the same. |
Clerks, in certain
cases, to grant permits. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the forty-seventh
clause of the
act to which this is a supplement, be and the same is hereby repealed. |
Part of an act repealed. |
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CHAP. CCXLIII.
An Act relating to Field-Officers of the State of Maryland.
Lib. TH.
No. 5, fol. 406. |
Passed Feb. 5, 1817. |
WHEREAS by a law of congress, entitled, " An act
concerning
field-officers of the militia," approved April the 20th, one thousand
eight hundred and sixteen, it is declared, " That from and after the
first day of May next, instead of one lieutenant-colonel commandant
to each regiment, and one major to each battalion of the militia,
as is provided by the act (c), entitled, An act more effectually
to provide for the national defence by establishing an uniform militia
throughout the United States, there shall be one colonel, one
(c) Passed on the 8th of Mary,
1792. |
Preamble. |
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