| 1817.
CHAP. 63.
Passed Jan. 23, 1818. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. LXIII.
An Act to establish a Bank and Incorporate a Company under the
name of The Bank of Dorchester. Lib. TH. No.
5, fol. 545.
A Supplement, ch. 116.
By the second section of this act, books for subscription
of the stock were directed
to be opened by the commissioners on the first Monday of May 1818, which
was not done, and the Bank has not gone into operation. |
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| Passed Jan. 23, 1818. |
CHAP. LXIV.
An Act to authorise the Moderator and Commissioners of Hager's
Town to levy a sum of money for a Fire Engine.
Lib. TH. No.
5, fol. 553.
A supplement,
1818, ch. 14. See Dec. 1813, ch. 121, and 1815, ch. 133. |
| Levy authorised. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the moderator and commissioners of Hager's Town, in Washington
county, be and they are hereby authorised and required, to levy
upon the taxable property of said town, and its additions, a sum of
money not exceeding twelve hundred dollars, in two equal annual
levies, to be collected under their directions, as other town taxes
are, for the purpose of procuring a fire engine. |
Amount to be paid
to president of fire
company. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the moderator and
commissioners
aforesaid shall pay over to the president of the Hager's Town Fire
Company, the amount of the levies aforesaid, in three months after
they shall have put the same into the hands of their collector, and
they, the said president and company, shall purchase a fire engine
with the money levied as aforesaid, for the use and benefit of the
citizens of Hager's Town.
See 1818, ch. 14. |
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Passed Jan. 23, 1818. |
CHAP. LXV.
An Act to lay out and make public a Road in Frederick and Montgomery
Counties. Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 553. |
Commissioners appointed
to open
road.
Proviso. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
John H. Riggs, Richard Brooks, Belt Brashear, Jesse Wright,
Lyde Griffith, Philip Dennis and Joseph Hebberd, be and they are
hereby appointed commissioners for the purposes of this act, and
they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and required, to
lay out and open at the expense of the petitioners for said road, or
such of them as may be willing to contribute thereto, a road not
exceeding thirty feet in width, beginning at the town of New Market,
in Frederick county, at any point the said commissioners, or
a majority of them, may agree on; running thence in the most direct
and practicable direction to the line of the District of Columbia,
in direct communication with George Town and the City of
Washington; and that they, or a majority of them, lay the road as
nearly as may in their discretion and judgment be deemed advantageous
to the public convenience, and the least possible damage
to individuals; Provided always, that the said road shall not pass
through the buildings, yards, gardens, orchards or meadows, of
any person or persons, without the consent of the owner or owners
first obtained in writing. |
Plot thereof to be
made—Overseer. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of the commissioners
aforesaid to cause plots and certificates of said road to be
made, and return the same to the levy courts of Frederick and |
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