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JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
affect or set aside any regular proceedings that may have already
taken place under the act to which this is a supplement, or any
agreement or compromise made by the commissioners with individuals. |
1802.
CHAP. 48. |
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CHAP. XLIX.
An Act to alter and change the name of John Mills, of Anne, of Dorchester
County, to the name of Crawford. Lib. JG.
No. 4, fol.
254. A Private Act. |
Passed Jan. 8, 1803. |
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CHAP. L.
An Act to extend the powers of the Trustees of the Poor of Montgomery
County. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 255. |
Passed Jan. 8, 1803. |
WHEREAS Sarah Eastern, by her petition to this general
assembly,
hath set forth, that she is a poor woman, and upwards of seventy
years of age, and being infirm and unable to support herself,
and prays a law may pass for her support and maintenance out of
the poor-house; and the prayer of the petitioner appearing reasonable,
therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of the poor of Montgomery
county, if they shall be of opinion that the peculiar circumstances
of the said Sarah Eastern are such as to render a
situation in the poor-house particularly unsuitable for her, to support
her as an out-pensioner, in addition to the number now allowed
by the act, (a) entitled, An act to enlarge the powers of the
trustees of the poor in the several counties therein designated, and
to allow the said Sarah Eastern an annual pension, not exceeding
thirty dollars, to be paid at such time as the said trustees shall direct;
the amount of said pension shall be levied in the same manner
as the other expenses of the poor-house in the said county.
(a) 1799, ch. 65.--See 1800, ch. 73. |
Sarah Eastern
may be supported
as an out-pensioner. |
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CHAP. LI.
An Act to empower the Levy Court of Baltimore County to assess a
sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned.
Lib. JG. No. 4,
fol. 256. |
Passed Jan. 8, 1803. |
WHEREAS Thomas Ford, of Baltimore county, by his
petition to
this general assembly, has set forth, that he is upwards of seventy
years of age, and so afflicted with the palsy as to be unable to maintain
himself by labour, and that he has, among other children, a
son named John, about fourteen years old, who is in a state of insanity,
and prays that a law may pass for the support of himself
and his son aforesaid out of the poor-house; and the prayer of the
said petitioner appearing reasonable, therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the levy court of Baltimore county shall be and are hereby directed
and empowered, at their levy courts annually, so long as they may
see cause, to assess and levy on said county a sum of money, not
exceeding fifty dollars, for the support and maintenance of the said
Thomas Ford, and his son John, who is insane, and that the same
be collected and paid annually to the aforesaid Thomas Ford by the
collector of Baltimore county, agreeably to the order of the levy
court aforesaid. |
Levy authorised
for support of
Thomas Ford and
Son. |
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