| CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
commissioners, in the manner, and according to the act of assembly
aforesaid, to which this is a supplement. |
1818.
CHAP. 155. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
of the said
town shall have full power and authority to assess and levy, upon
every person or persons keeping for common use a billiard table,
within the limits of the said town, such an annual tax, not exceeding
the sum of fifty dollars in any one year, as they in their judgment
and discretion shall deem expedient and proper, and the said
commissioners are also authorised to receive, collect and apply the
same, for the use and benefit of the town. |
To have power to
levy tax on billiard
tables. |
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CHAP. CLVI.
An Act to provide for the erecting a Bridge over the Western Branch,
near the Town of Upper Marlborough, in Prince-George's
County.
Lib. TH. No. 6, fol. 371. |
Passed Feb. 11, 1819. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the justices of the levy court of Prince-George's county be and
they are hereby authorised and empowered, to assess and levy on
the assessable property of the county, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred dollars, for the purpose of erecting a bridge over the
western branch, near the town of Upper Marlborough, in said
county. |
Levy authorised
for erecting bridge. |
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CHAP. CLVII.
An Act, entitled, A further additional supplement to the act*, entitled,
An act concerning Crimes and Punishments. Lib.
TH. No. 6,
fol. 371. |
Passed Feb. 10, 1819.
* Nov. 1809, ch. 186. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the passage of this act, in all cases where any slave,
or servant for a term of years, shall be sold out of the penitentiary
of this state, under the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement,
that it shall be the duty of the keeper of the penitentiary
to deposit the money arising from such sale, in some bank in the
city of Baltimore, and immediately to notify the clerk of the county,
for the use of which the said deposit shall have been made,
which money shall be subject to the order of the justices of the
levy court of the county aforesaid. |
Where slaves, &c.
are sold out of
Penitentiary keeper
to deposite money
in some bank
in Baltimore. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any free person
shall be convicted
for having enticed, persuaded, or assisted any slave or servant,
knowing him or her to be such, to run away from his or her
lawful owner or possessor, and such slave or servant shall actually
run away, or having harboured such runaway slave or servant,
knowing him or her to be such, then such person shall be liable to
indictment in the county court of the county where he or she resides,
or in the city court of Baltimore if he or she resides in the
city of Baltimore, and upon conviction shall undergo a confinement
in the penitentiary not exceeding six years. |
Persons convicted
of enticing slaves
to run away, to
be confined in
penitentiary. |
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CHAP. CLVIII.
An Act for the benefit of the Children of Joseph Ennalls, of Joseph.
Lib. TH. No. 6, fol. 372. A Private Act.
The land devised to them by Levin Ball
deemed as pledged for the repayment
to their father of the money advanced by him tot he state,
&c. |
Passed Feb. 11, 1819. |
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