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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
three hundred pounds, shall be furnished with two buckets, all
above three hundred pounds, and not exceeding five hundred pounds,
shall be furnished with three buckets, and all above five hundred
pounds shall be furnished with four buckets, on or before the first
day of November next. |
1805.
CHAP. 101. |
16. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any house be
rented, and the
owner or owners thereof shall neglect to furnish the same with a
bucket or buckets as aforesaid within the time herein before limited
for that purpose, it shall be lawful for the tenant thereof to
procure the same at the expense of the owner or owners, and to deduct
the price thereof out of the rent of the house. |
Owners of rented
houses neglecting
to furnish buckets
tenants to procure
them. |
17. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
of the said
town for the time being shall, immediately after the first day
of November next, appoint their bailiff to make due inquiry at every
house in said town, and report to them all delinquents under this
act, and such delinquents shall forfeit and pay to the said commissioners
the sum of three dollars for each bucket not furnished, to be
recovered, with costs, before any justice of the peace for Kent county,
by warrant, in the name of the said commissioners, and to be by
them applied to the purchase of good leathern buckets, to be deposited
in such place as they may direct; Provided, that proof be adduced
to the satisfaction of the justice, that the party charged had
been reasonably requested to exhibit the buckets to the view of the
bailiff appointed to inquire as aforesaid; And provided further,
that
no tenant shall forfeit as aforesaid until the expiration of two months
after the said first day of November next. |
Bailiff to report to
commissioners all
delinquents under
this act.
Provisos. |
18. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
for the time
being shall fix on proper places for erecting engine houses, and
hanging ladders, in the said town, either on the public grounds or
buildings on private property, if the owner or owners consent
thereto, and shall also settle and ascertain the extent of the precincts
of the said town. |
Proper places for
erecting engine
houses, &c. to be
fixed on. |
19. AND, whereas Samuel Chew, Esquire, has
heretofore left
open a part of a lot lying on Club lane, in the said town, in consideration
of being permitted to enclose a part of one of the streets,
which arrangement has been found advantageous to the inhabitants;
BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be lawful for the said commissioners
to make such exchange or contract with the said Samuel Chew,
or others having an interest in the lots in question, as they may
think most to the public convenience, and any deed or deeds executed
for that purpose by the said commissioners, and the said Samuel
Chew, or others having an interest aforesaid, and recorded
according to law, shall enure to the benefit of the commissioners
of Chester-town, and the said Samuel Chew, and others, respectively. |
Commissioners to
make exchange
with S. Chew, &c. |
20. AND BE IT ENACTED, That nothing herein
contained shall
be so construed as to enable the above commissioners to lay a tax
on any of the property of Washington college, other than that which
the visitors and governors thereof have leased out, and which has
buildings on it. |
No tax to be laid
on property of
Washington college. |
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