| 1806.
CHAP. 64.
Certain monies to
be applied to the
erection of a house
of religious worship. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the commissioners of Charles-town, in Cecil county, for the time
being, and their successors, be and they are hereby enabled to apply
the monies arising from the rents of the public property of said
town to the erection of a house of religious worship in said town
for the use of the inhabitants thereof |
A lot of ground
may be purchased
for that purpose. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
of said town
for the time being, and their successors, be and they are hereby
enabled to purchase and hold, in fee-simple, to them and their successors,
for ever, within the limits of said town, a lot of ground,
not exceeding two acres, for the purpose aforesaid. |
House to be for
use of Presbyterian
church, &c.
Proviso. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, by the Authority
aforesaid, That the
house aforesaid, when erected, shall be for the use of the presbyterian
church in the first place, but that whenever the same shall
not be occupied, or actually appointed to be occupied, by any minster
of that church, it shall and may, in the discretion of the
commissioners, be opened to any minister or preacher of any other
denomination; Provided nevertheless, that the power by this act
given shall not be construed to enable the commissioners aforesaid,
or their successors, to lay out or expend any greater sum of money
arising from the rents of the public property aforesaid, to the objects
aforesaid, than one thousand dollars. |
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Passed Jan. 4, 1807. |
CHAP. LXV.
An Act to condemn a Piece of Ground in Kent County for the purposes
therein mentioned. Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 261. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it has been represented to this general
assembly, by
the petition of sundry inhabitants of Kent county, that they are
subject to considerable inconveniencies in consequence of the want
of a piece of ground for the purpose of erecting a ferry-house at
Eastern Neck Island Ferry; therefore, |
Jury may be summoned
to condemn
a quantity
of land for a ferry
house. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the sheriff of Kent county shall be and he is hereby authorised and
required, to summon and return a jury of good and lawful men of
his county, not less than twelve, inhabitants within said county,
and not interested in or related to the owner of such land, to be and
appear before the said sheriff, on the premises, upon a certain day
to be by him limited and appointed in said summons, which jury,
upon their oath, to be by the said sheriff to the said jurors administered,
shall proceed to condemn a quantity of land, not exceeding
half an acre, most convenient and proper for the erection of a
ferry-house at said ferry, and shall also inquire who is or are the
owner or owners of the said land, what is the value thereof, and
what damages such owner or owners will sustain; and the said sheriff
shall, immediately after such valuation by the jury, cause the
said land to be surveyed and laid out by the surveyor of said county,
with good and sufficient boundaries, and to return a certificate
thereof, to be recorded among the county records; and the sum of
money the said jurors shall adjudge to the owner or owners of such
land, shall be assessed by the justices of the levy court of the said
county at the time of their making their next county assessment,
which shall be collected by the sheriff or collector of said county, in
the same manner as the county assessment, and the sheriff or collector
shall pay, or tender the same, to the owner or owners of |
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