| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
CHAP. LXXVI.
An Act to authorise Hannah A. Hayes, Guardian of the Minor Children
of Stephen Hayes, late of Cecil County, deceased, to
sell and
convey all the right, title and interest, of the said
Minor Children
to certain Real and Personal Estate therein mentioned.
Lib. TH.
No. 5, fol. 571. A Private Act. |
1817.
CHAP. 76.
Passed Jan. 30, 1818. |
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CHAP. LXXVIII.
An Act for the benefit of Elizabeth Johnson of the City of Baltimore.
Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 573. A Private Act.
Authorising her to convey the estate
and interest by her held in a tract of land
in Baltimore county, without her husband joining in the deed. |
Passed Jan. 30, 1818. |
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CHAP. LXXVIII.
An Act to provide for the removal of Lunatic Paupers from the several
Counties of this State to the Maryland Hospital.
Lib. TH.
No. 5, fol. 573. |
Passed Jan. 31,1818. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
on the certification of a majority of the board of trustees of the
poor of any county of this state, of any person's being a lunatic
pauper, the levy court of the county where the case may occur, may
in their discretion cause the said lunatic pauper to be removed to
the Maryland Hospital as soon thereafter as the nature of the case
shall permit. |
Lunatic paupers
may be removed to
hospital. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court
of the county
where the case may occur, are hereby authorised and directed,
to levy such sum of money on the assessable property of said county
as will defray the expenses incident to the removal of such lunatic
pauper to the Maryland Hospital, and the expenses that may be
incurred during his or her stay in said hospital, provided the said
expenses do not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars per annum,
during his or her stay in said hospital. |
Levy authorised to
defray expense. |
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CHAP. LXXIX.
An Act to prevent Geese and Swine from going at large in the Town
of Rockville, in Montgomery County, or within a quarter
of a
mile thereof. lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 574. |
Passed Jan. 31, 1818. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the first day of March next, it shall and may be
lawful for all and every free white person or persons, to take up
and impound any geese or swine which may be found going at
large in the said town, or within the distance of one quarter of a
mile therefrom, and the person or persons so taking up the same,
shall give four days notice, by advertisements set up in four of the
most public places in the said town, describing the geese or swine
so taken up, and that the same will be sold at public sale at the
most public square in the said town, to the highest bidder, for
cash, one half to the purchase money to go to the person so taking
up the said geese or swine, and the other half to the owner or owners;
and if no owner or owners shall claim the said half on the
day of sale, the said half to be paid over to the collector of the
taxes, and if not demanded within twelve months, it shall then be for
the use of the county; Provided always, that if the owner or owners
of the said geese or swine, not residing in the said town, can |
Geese and swine
going at large may
be impounded. |
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