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CHAP. 189. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
after such new election, according to the constitution and form
of government, that in such case this alteration and amendment of
the constitution and form of government, shall constitute and be
valid as a part thereof, and every thing therein contained repugnant
to, or inconsistent with, this alteration and amendment, shall
be repealed and abolished.
This act was confirmed by 1818, ch. 159. |
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Passed Feb. 14, 1818. |
CHAP. CXC.
An Act relating to the Police of the City of Baltimore. Lib.
TH.
No. 6, fol. 124. |
City Court authorised
to appoint
constables. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the judges of Baltimore City Court shall have and exercise exclusively
hereafter, except as is excepted in the act*, entitled, An act
relating to the city of Baltimore, the power of appointing constables
in and for that part of Baltimore county included within the
limits of the city, and removing them at pleasure; and the constables
so appointed shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed
by law, before the said court, or one of the judges thereof,
and shall also give bond for the faithful performance of their duties,
in such penalty and with such security as the said court shall direct
and approve, which bonds shall be filed with and recorded by the
clerk of said court, who shall be entitled to receive from such constable
one dollar for filing and recording each bond; copies of
which, under the seal of office, shall be evidence in all cases whatever,
and may be sued upon by any corporation or individual interested
therein. |
Cruelty to animals
may be punished. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons shall wilfully
cause or procure any bull-baiting, cock-fighting or the fighting
of dogs, within the city of Baltimore, or shall wilfully and wickedly
kill, cripple, or commit acts of cruelty upon animals in the city
aforesaid, or any of the streets, lanes or alleys thereof, every such
person, and those aiding therein, shall be liable to prosecution and
punishment in Baltimore City Court as for other misdemeanors,
or at the election of the accused the matter may be tried before
either of the judges of said court, and upon the conviction punished
as aforesaid; and if the offence be committed by a slave, the court
or judge before whom it shall be tried, may in lieu of other punishment
order that of whipping, not exceeding thirty-nine stripes. |
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Passed Feb. 13, 1818. |
CHAP. CXCI.
An Act authorising the Levy Court of Baltimore County to levy a
sum of money for repairing and rebuilding certain Bridges
in said
County, and for the purposes therein mentioned.
Lib. TH. No. 6,
fol. 125. |
Levy for building
bridges. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the levy court of Baltimore county shall and they are hereby authorised
and empowered, to assess and levy on the assessable property
of said county, such sum as they shall ascertain to be necessary,
to repair or rebuild the bridges at Cromwell's Ford, at the
Belle-Air Road, and at Patterson's Mills, over the Great Falls of
Gunpowder, and the bridge over the Patapsco Falls at Allen's Mill,
where the old bridge formerly stood, which were injured or destroyed
by the late flood in those streams, and to appoint such judicious |
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