| 1817.
CHAP. 101.
Provisos. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
Provided however, that such condemned ground shall not be taken
out of the possession of the proprietor until such payment shall be
made or tendered; Provided, that if the said owner or owners
should consider himself, herself or themselves, aggrieved by the
said valuation, he, she or they, within thirty days, may appeal to
the county court of Somerset county, who are hereby authorised,
empowered and directed, either to increase the valuation, or to
confirm or annul the proceedings, as they in their judgment may
think just and proper; and the said commissioners shall be and
they are hereby authorised, to contract with some proper person or
persons, upon the most reasonable terms, to build and erect upon
the aforesaid spot of ground a good and sufficient market-house,
and the sum to which the said building shall amount shall be assessed
and levied in the manner as aforesaid; Provided however,
that if the said commissioners should consider it to be more to the
advantage of the inhabitants of said town, and precincts, they are
hereby authorised and empowered to build said market-house on
any of the public streets or squares of said town, except upon the
main street leading through said town to the bridge. |
| Market days. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That from and after
one month after
the said market-house shall be finished and received by the commissioners
aforesaid, the Tuesday and Saturday of every week
shall thereafter be set apart, appointed and held, as market-days,
within the limits of the said town, subject however to be changed
by the said commissioners, and that all provisions whatsoever
brought to the said town for sale, after the erection and receipt of
the market-house as aforesaid, shall be taken or carried to the public
market-house of the said town, and there be sold or offered for
sale at the market-house, which are hereby established to be from
any time in the morning of the said days until twelve o'clock at
noon; Provided always, that fish or oysters, or beef by the quarter
or larger quantity, or pork by the hog or hogs, or any kind of
grain, flour or bread, or butter in firkins, or other vessels exceeding
twenty pounds net weight, or cheese, or beef and pork in barrels
or larger casks, or live cattle, sheep or hogs, respectively
brought to the said town or market upon the days aforesaid, or on
any other days except Sunday, may be sold, bartered, or otherwise
disposed of, in the same manner as if this act had not been passed. |
Penalty for having
on any other than
market days. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any inhabitant
of the said
town shall presume to buy, or cause to be bought, any article of
provisions of any person or persons bringing or having brought
to the said town, or within two miles thereof, any kind of provisions
whatsoever for sale, (except the articles herein before provided
for,) either upon the stated market-days aforesaid, or on any other
days, during the time of the market hours herein before established,
at any other place whatsoever but at or in the said market-house,
such person shall forfeit and pay the sum of thirty shillings current
money for every such offence. |
For selling out
of market-house. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person whatsoever,
after
the erection and receipt of the said market-house as aforesaid, shall
presume to sell, or cause to be sold, to any free inhabitant of the
said town, or any servant or slave of such inhabitant, any article
of provisions whatsoever which such persons may be bringing or
sending, or have brought or sent, to the said town, or within two |
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