| 1801.
CHAP. 92.
Passed Dec. 31. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. XCII.
A Further Supplement to an act, (a) entitled, An act permitting
the
proprietors of lots binding on the water at the west
end of the Bason,
in Baltimore-Town, to extend and improve the same.
Lib.
JG. No. 4, fol. 176.
(a) 1796, ch. 45. |
Proprietors authorised
to wharf out
their several lots.
Proviso. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
each and every of the proprietors of lots binding on and entitled to
the privileges of the water at the west end of the city of Baltimore,
between Pratt-street and Forest-street, shall be and are hereby
permitted to wharf out, extend and improve, the whole front of
their several lots respectively, and for such distance as from time
to time they may think fit, until they intersect a line drawn from
the east side of Light-street to the east side of Forest-street, provided
the whole front of each proprietor's lot on said line be extended,
and no dock or vacant space left on part thereof; And provided
also, that sixty feet of the said wharfs from the east side
thereof, when so made out and extended, at the end thereof, shall
be deemed, taken and considered, as a public highway for ever
thereafter, reserving to the proprietors of the said wharfs the benefit
and advantage of the wharfage thereof, under the limitations in
the original act, any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
See 1805, ch. 84. |
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Passed Dec. 31. |
CHAP. XCIII.
An act for erecting a Lazaretto near the waters of Patapsco, for
the
reception of persons infected with malignant contagious
diseases.
Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 177. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS, to prevent extension of the plague, or
other malignant
contagious disease which may be imported in this state, is
an object of great importance to the welfare and commerce of the
citizens thereof, and humanity calls for the protection and care of
those who may come into this state afflicted with any plague, or
other malignant contagious disease, and that a place proper for
their reception should immediately be built; so that they may be
kept separate from all other citizens, and thereby prevent as much
as may be the extension of contagion: And whereas it is necessary
for the building of a lazaretto, that provision should be made for
condemning a quantity of land, not exceeding ten acres, if the said
land cannot be had by contract; therefore, |
Mayor and City
Council to agree
for purchase of
land for a lazaretto
--jury may be
summoned in certain
cases. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for the mayor and city council of Baltimore
for the time being, to agree for the purchase thereof with the
owner or owners of any land on the waters of the Patapsco contiguous
to the city of Baltimore, not exceeding ten acres, for the
purpose of erecting thereon a lazaretto and store-house, for the reception
of infected persons and goods, and of making the necessary
gardens and grounds which should appertain to the same; and
in case it should so happen that the mayor and city council and the
owner or owners of such land as may be deemed necessary for the
purpose aforesaid, not exceeding ten actress, cannot agree for the
same, or in case the title of such land, or any part thereof, as
may be deemed most convenient for the purposes aforesaid, shall be |
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