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CHAP. 43. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
the devise of lands in the will of the late John Cunningham, of
Harford county, deceased, to Francis Asbury, William McKendree,
and the other members of the Maryland conference, and their successors,
in trust for the purposes therein mentioned, and that the
said trustees, and their successors, be and the same are hereby declared
competent in law to hold the said lands, or to sell and dispose
of the same, and conveyances in law therefor to make and
execute, according to the intent and for the purposes mentioned in
the devise in the said will. |
| Trustees to sue &c. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the trustees aforesaid,
by the name
and style of the Maryland Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in the United States of America, be, and are hereby declared
to be competent in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
in every case, claim or dispute, connected with or growing
out of the lands mentioned in the said devise. |
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Passed Jan. 15, 1819.
* 1816, ch. 14. |
CHAP. XLIV.
A Supplement to an act*, entitled, An act to lay out and make public
a Road in Montgomery County.
Lib. TH. No. 6, fol. 264. |
New commissioners
appointed. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
Patrick Orme and William Pearce, of Montgomery county, be and
they are hereby appointed commissioners in the place of William
Carroll and Robert Edmondson, two of the commissioners named
in the act for opening a road to lead from Coalsville to intersect the
main road from Brookville to George-town and Washington. |
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Passed Jan. 18, 1819. |
CHAP. XLV.
An Act to increase the pay of the Judges of the Orphans Court in
the
Counties of Baltimore, Dorchester and Washington.
Lib. TH. No.
6, fol. 264.
See 1796 ch. 40. |
| Allowance increased. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
from and after the passage of this act, each judge of the orphans
court for the counties of Baltimore, Dorchester and Washington,
be and he is hereby entitled to receive, in lieu of his present per
diem, the sum of three dollars for every day's attendance. |
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Passed Jan. 18, 1819.
† 1811, ch. 139. |
CHAP. XLVI.
A Supplement to the act†, entitled, An act to incorporate
a Company
for building a Bridge over Choptank River, at or near
Denton Ferry.
Lib. TH. No. 6, fol. 265. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of the stockholders of the Denton Bridge Company, that the
tolls heretofore allowed, and the money levied on Caroline county,
for their use, is not sufficient to keep up the repairs of said bridge
and crossway, and to pay them a moderate interest for their money;
therefore, |
| Rates of toll allowed. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for
the president and directors, at all times hereafter, in lieu of the tolls
heretofore paid, to demand and receive the following tolls for passing
said bridge, to wit: For every coach, chariot, or other four
wheeled carriages, stage or wagon, fifty cents; for every two wheeled
carriage or cart, of every description, twenty-five cents; for a |
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