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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
better that some order should be taken respecting them, so that
they may be sold, and the money arising therefrom brought into
the treasury; therefore, |
1804.
CHAP. 105. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
all the land included in any lot or lots westward of Fort Cumberland,
which was laid off into lots under the authority of this state,
that have not been sold or otherwise disposed of by the state, be
and the same is, after the first day of September next, hereby
made liable to be taken up and secured as vacant land in said
county may be taken up and secured. |
Certain lots may
be taken up as vacant
land. |
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CHAP. CVI.
An Act to continue an act, entitled, An act to incorporate the Maryland
Insurance Company, passed at November session, seventeen
hundred
and ninety-five.* Lib. JG. No. 4, fol.
698. |
Passed Jan. 19, 1805.
* Ch. 60. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of the Maryland Insurance Company, that their charter of
incorporation is about to expire, and they pray an extension of the
same; and the said prayer appearing reasonable, therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the act, entitled, An act to incorporate the Maryland Insurance
Company, passed at November session, seventeen hundred and
ninety-five, be and the same is hereby continued until the first day
of February, eighteen hundred and twenty, and until the end of
the next session of assembly that may happen thereafter. |
An act continued. |
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CHAP. CVII.
A Further Supplement to the act, (a) entitled, An act to
enlarge the
powers of the High Court of Chancery. Lib.
JG. No. 4, fol. 699.
(a) 1785, ch.
72. See 1806, ch. 55; 1807, ch. 140; May 1813, ch. 21. |
Passed Jan. 19, 1805. |
WHEREAS the acts of assembly of this state giving
power to the
chancellor to decree in certain cases against persons residing out
of the jurisdiction of the state of Maryland, do not extend the said
power to cases where the party or parties against whom relief is
or may be wanted have or shall remove out of this state to parts
unknown, and it cannot be ascertained whether the said party be
dead or living, or if dead, who are the legal representatives of such
person or persons; therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
in all cases where any person or persons are bound by any contract
or agreement, and are not residents of this state, or to be found
therein, and it cannot be ascertained whether the said party or parties
be dead or living, and if dead, who are the legal representatives
of such person or persons, or whether they have left any, if a
bill is filed against such person or persons, to compel a specific performance
of such contract or agreement, the chancellor may, without
the appearance of the absent parties, at discretion, either take
the bill pro confesso, or issue a commission for taking depositions,
which commission may be executed ex parte, on the non-appearance
of the defendant or defendants in person, or by solicitor or agent,
and on the taking pro confesso, or return of the commission, the
chancellor may proceed to such decree as the justice and equity of
the case may require; Provided, that the complainant or petitioner
shall give at least six months notice of his or her application, in such |
Chancellor may,
in cases of non-residents,
&c. issue
commission for
taking depositions,
&c.
Provisos. |
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