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ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
which is appropriated to the maintenance and education of poor
children, many of whom have neither father nor mother living,
and when discharged from said school are liable to become useless
bers of society; therefore, |
1807.
CHAP. 32. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the trustees of said school, or a majority of them, shall have full
power and authority to bind out as an apprentice, agreeable to the
provisions contained in an act * for the better regulation of apprentices,
every child that has neither father nor mother living, that
is supported and educated by the said trustees at said school, to some
manufacturer, mechanic, or other person, at the discretion of said
trustees, until such orphan child, if a male, shall arrive to the age
of twenty-one years, and if a female, to the age of sixteen years,
any law, usage or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. |
Trustees may bind
out children, &c.
* 1793, ch. 45. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every indenture
taken by the trustees
aforesaid shall, within thirty days after the execution of the
same, be recorded among the records of the orphans court of Caroline
county, and the sum of three shillings shall be paid by the
master or mistress of said apprentice therefor. |
Indentures to be
recorded. |
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CHAP. XXXIII.
An Act to make valid the Will of Arthur McDade, late of Cecil
County, deceased. Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 335.
A Private Act. |
Passed Jan. 15, 1808. |
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CHAP. XXXIV.
An Act to erect a new Bridge over Great Choptank River, in Caroline
County. Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 336. |
Passed Jan. 15, 1808. |
WHEREAS the old bridge over Choptank river, at the
village of
Greensborough, in said county, is in a ruinous situation, and nearly
impassable, and as it is found absolutely necessary that a new
one may be built at or near the place where the old one stands,
therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
George Reed, Nehemiah Townshend and William Whitely, be and
they are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of building
and completing the new bridge aforesaid, at or near the place
where the old one now stands; and the said commissioners, or a
majority of them, are by this act empowered to agree and contract
with any person or persons, upon the best and cheapest terms, to
finish and complete the said new bridge. |
Commissioners
appointed to build
a bridge. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court
of Caroline county
be and they are hereby authorised and directed, at their next
levy court, to assess and levy on the assessable property in said
county, the sum of five hundred dollars current money, together
with the usual commission for collection, to be collected by the collector
of said county in the same manner as other county charges
are collected, and when collected by the collector to be paid to the
said commissioners, or a majority of them, or to their order; and
the said bridge, when completed, shall be kept up and repaired in
the same manner that other public bridges in said county are by
law directed to be kept up and repaired. |
Levy authorised. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case any vacancy
shall happen
among the said commissioners, the remaining commissioners shall
have power to fill up such vacancy until the said bridge be finished. |
Vacancies, how
to be supplied. |
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