| JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
Cramphin, were appointed commissioners to carry into effect the
provisions of the said act: And whereas Henry Joseph Stier, Benjamin
Lowndes, Richard Posonby, Patrick Daugherty and William
Bruce, have signified to this general assembly that it is not
convenient for them to act, and Thomas Dick, another of the commissioners,
hath left the state; therefore, |
1802.
CHAP. 60. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Richard Cramphin, one of the commissioners named in said act,
and Richard Tasker Lowndes and William Steward, be and they
are hereby appointed commissioners to carry into effect the provisions
of the said act, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby
vested with all the powers and authorities which were by the said
original act vested in the said Henry Joseph Stier, Benjamin
Lowndes, Thomas, Dick, Richard Ponsonby, Patrick Daugherty,
William Bruce and Richard Cramphin. |
Commissioners appointed. |
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CHAP. LXI.
An Act to extend the powers of the Trustees of the Poor of Montgomery
County. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 265. |
Passed Jan. 8, 1803. |
WHEREAS John Draper, by his petition to this general
assembly,
hath set forth, that he is now upwards of ninety years of age,
and is much afflicted with infirmities, and thereby rendered unable
to support himself by labour, and prays that a law may pass for
his support 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 the said
county of Montgomery, if they shall be of opinion that the peculiar
circumstances of the said John Draper are such as to render a
situation in the poor-house particularly unsuitable for him, to support
him 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 John Draper an annual pension, not exceeding
thirty dollars, to be paid at such time or times as the said trustees
shall direct, the amount of which 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. |
John Draper may
be supported as
an out-pensioner. |
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CHAP. LXII.
A Supplement to the act, * entitled, An act to levy on the assessable
property of Anne-Arundel County a sum of money for the
purposes
herein after mentioned. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol.
266. |
Passed Jan. 8, 1803.
* 1800, ch. 74. |
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CHAP. LXIII.
An Act to direct the Register of Wills of Caroline County to keep
his
Office in Denton, in said County, and there to deposit
the Records,
Books and Papers, belonging to said office. Lib.
JG. No. 4, fol.
267.
A Supplement, 1811, ch. 158. |
Passed Jan. 8, 1803. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the register of wills for Caroline county shall be and he is hereby
directed and required, from and after the first day of May next, |
Register to hold
his office at Denton. |
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