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ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
assess the damages sustained by the person or persons at whose request
such inquisition shall be taken, by reason of opening the
aforesaid road through his, her or their land, shall thereupon proceed
to assess and value the damages accordingly, taking into consideration
the advantages and disadvantages, if any, and such inquisition
and valuation shall be final and conclusive. |
1807.
CHAP. 161. |
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CHAP. CLXII.
An act to pay the Civil List, and other expenses of Civil Government.
Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 511. |
Passed Jan. 20, 1808. |
WHEREAS those who dedicate their time, abilities
and labour, to
the public, ought to receive a reasonable and adequate compensation
for their services; |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the following officers of civil government, for the time being, shall
be entitled to receive at the rate of the following salaries in current
money for the ensuing year, to wit: The treasurer of the western
shore, two thousand dollars; the treasurer of the eastern shore,
four hundred and fifty dollars; the auditor, eight hundred dollars;
the clerk of the council, eight hundred dollars; the clerk of the
senate, one hundred and fifty dollars; the clerk of the house of
delegates, three hundred dollars; the printer to the state, twelve
hundred dollars; the messenger to the council, to hundred and
fifty dollars. |
Officers salaries. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all monies which
shall remain in
the treasury, after discharging the journal of accounts, and all unappropriated
money which may come into the treasury, be first applied
to the payment of the civil list for the ensuing year. |
Unappropriated
monies to be first
applied to payment
thereof. |
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CHAP. CLXIII.
A Further Supplement to the act, * entitled, An act authorising
Thomas
Bailey, late Sheriff and Collector of Baltimore
County, to complete
his Collection, and for other purposes. Lib.
TH. No. 1, fol. 512. |
Passed Jan. 20, 1808.
* 1806, ch. 28. |
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CHAP. CLXIV.
A Further Additional Supplement to an act †, entitled, An
act relating
to Negroes. Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 513.
See 1804, ch. 90, and the acts there referred to. |
Passed Jan. 20, 1808.
† 1796, ch. 67. |
WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to the true meaning
of the second
and fifth sections of a law passed at November session, eighteen
hundred and five ‡, entitled, An additional supplement to an
act, entitled, An act relating to negroes, and to repeal the acts of
assembly therein mentioned; therefore, |
Preamble.
‡ Ch. 66. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
no negro or negroes shall receive a certificate of freedom in conformity
to the provisions of the law to which this is a supplement,
except from the clerk or register of the county where said deed of
manumission, or will, or a copy of the will, under which said negro
or negroes claims or claim his, her or their freedom, is recorded. |
No negro to receive
a certificate
of freedom except
from clerk or register
of county,
where deed of
manumission is recorded. |
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