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CHAP. 52.
Persons using water,
and neglecting
to pay tax, to forfeit
treble the sum. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons who may
use the said water so introduced as aforesaid, after being notified
by
the secretary of such other officer of the corporation as they may
find it necessary to appoint, shall refuse or neglect, for one month
after such notification, to pay the tax or contribution imposed by
them, such person or persons so refusing, shall forfeit and pay to
the said corporation treble the sum so required, to be recovered as
aforesaid; and in all cases of actions or suits, either at law or in
equity, brought by said corporation for injuries done to the conduits,
pipes, reservoirs or hydrants, laid and erected by virtue of
this act, upon verdict found against the person or persons so offending,
he, she or they, shall in addition to the damages and costs,
incur a fine of twenty dollars, to and for the use of said corporation. |
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Passed Jan. 23, 1819. |
CHAP. LIII.
An Act for the benefit of Eleanor Wood, Elizabeth Roberson and
Margaret Scott. Lib. TH. No. 6, fol. 271. |
Levy authorised
for their support. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the justices of the levy court of Saint Mary's county shall and
they are hereby directed and empowered, at their levy court annually,
to levy on the assessable property of said county, so long
as they shall see cause, for the support and maintenance of Eleanor
Wood, Elizabeth Roberson and Margaret Scott, of said county, a
sum of money not exceeding thirty dollars each, and the same
when collected shall be paid by the collector of said county to them
or their order for the purposes aforesaid. |
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Passed Jan. 23, 1819. |
CHAP. LIV.
A Further Additional Supplement to the act (a), entitled,
An act to
ascertain the allowance to Jurymen and Witnesses
of the General
Court, and the several County and Orphans Courts
in this State.
Lib. TH. No. 6, fol. 272.
(a) 1797, ch. 94. See 1807,
ch. 79, and the acts there referred to; and also November
1809, ch. 121. |
Additional allowance
to jurors. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the passage of this act, there shall be allowed to
each grand and petit juryman attending Saint-Mary's county
court, in addition to the sum now allowed, the sum of one dollar for
each and every day such grand and petit juryman shall attend for
the discharge of his duty as such, to be allowed, assessed. and levied,
in the same manner as the allowance to jurymen has heretofore
been assessed and levied. |
Additional allowance
to witnesses. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That there shall be
allowed in all civil
cases, to each witness attending the county or orphans court of
Saint Mary's county, the sum of fifty cents, in addition to the
sum now allowed, for each and every day such witness shall attend
for the discharge of his duty. |
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Passed Jan. 23, 1819. |
CHAP. LV.
An Act for the benefit of John McQuinn, of the City of Baltimore
(b).
Lib. TH. No. 6, fol. 273. A Private Act.
(b) Declared capable in law to
take and hold any estate or property which
may be transferred to him by deed or will executed by his uncle William
McQuinn, &c. |
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