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CHAP. 43. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
for the time being, in the precincts of the city of Baltimore,
and on which the erection of the said cathedral church has actually
been commenced, doth exceed, by a small quantity, two acres of
land, and that the whole of the same is necessary for the purposes
which they have in contemplation, and have therefore prayed for
leave to take a grant of the whole of the said piece of ground; and
this assembly, judging the prayer of the petitioners reasonable, and
being desirous of promoting their laudable and pious purposes, |
Corporation authorised
to receive
a deed, &c. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the corporation of the trustees of the Roman catholic church in the
city of Baltimore, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered
to have, take, receive and hold, to them and their successors
for ever, a deed of conveyance from John Eager Howard, Esquire,
his heirs or assigns, or any other person or persons authorised to
convey the same, of the whole of the square or lot of ground
whereon the catholic cathedral church is now erecting in the precincts
of the city of Baltimore, for the uses and purposes above
mentioned, provided the same does not exceed in the whole quantity
of three acres of land, over and above any other land which the
said trustees, in their corporate capacity, may now hold, in fee, or
for any less estate; and the said corporation and their successors,
be and they are hereby authorised and empowered, by any proper
deed of conveyance, to sell and convey, in fee-simple, or for any
less estate, all such lands as they are now seized of, not exceeding
two acres, and that the said deeds, when executed, acknowledged
and recorded, in the manner required by law for the conveyance of
real estates, shall be good and effectual in all courts of law and
equity in this state. |
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Passed Jan. 3, 1807.
* 1802, ch. 43. |
CHAP. XLIV.
A Further Supplement to the act, * entitled, An act to lay out and
make
a public Road, from the Black Horse, in Harford County,
to the
Pennsylvania line. Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 238. |
Preamble.
† 1805, ch. 57. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of Thomas Poteet and Thomas Poteet, junior, of Harford
county, that they have sustained damages by reason of the road
running through their land, leading from the Black Horse to the
Pennsylvania line, and that the commissioners named in the original
act, and authorised by a supplement thereto †, to value the damages
by them sustained, have refused to make any valuation, being
of opinion that no damages were sustained, and praying that a
law may pass, directing a jury to be summoned to value and assess
the damages by them sustained; and the same being reasonable,
therefore, |
Freeholders to be
summoned to ascertain
damages
assessed by T.
Poteet. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the said Thomas Poteet and Thomas Poteet, junior, may apply to
some justice of the peace for the said county, who shall thereupon
issue his warrant, directed to the constable of the hundred where
the land lies, commanding him to summon five substantial freeholders,
not related to them, or in any manner interested, to be and appear
before one or more justices of the peace for said county, on a
certain day in the said warrant expressed, which freeholders, upon
their oath, to be administered by some justice of the peace,
shall inquire what damages the said Poteets have sustained by reason |
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