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CHAP. 46. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
heretofore laid out for streets, lanes and alleys, but not yet used
as such, and now lying vacant useless, for the purpose of raising a
fund for the building of a market-house in said town; and the same
being considered reasonable, therefore, |
Commissioners to
regulate inspections. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the commissioners of the town of Havre-de-Grace, or a major part
of them, shall and they hereby have full power and authority to establish
and regulate inspections of plank, staves, heading and shingles,
offered for sale within the said town of Havre-de-Grace, subject
nevertheless to the future acts of the general assembly; and
also to regulate the fees of inspectors under this act. |
And lease public
ground. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
or a
major part of them, be and they are hereby empowered and authorised,
from time to time, to lease and demise for a term of years,
not exceeding two years, any public ground lying within said town,
and other ground which has been heretofore laid out for streets,
lanes and alleys, and not yet used as such, and now lying vacant
and useless, and the money and rents thence arising to apply to the
repairing the streets, lanes and alleys, used as such, and to the
building a market-house in said town. |
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Passed Dec. 19. |
CHAP. XLVII.
An Act for the relief of John Woodall, of Kent County. Lib.
JG. No.
3, fol. 424. A Private Act.
The title to certain lands conveyed
by Thomas Barry to Bodean Warner, and
by the said Warner to John Woodall, vested in the said Woodall. |
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Passed Dec. 19. |
CHAP. XLVIII.
An Act to prevent Swine from going at large in the Town of Queen-Anne,
in Prince-George's County. Lib. JG. No. 3,
fol. 425. |
Penalty for permitting
swine to
go at large. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the first day of April next, no swine belonging to
the inhabitants of the town of Queen-Anne, or the inhabitants of
Prince-George's county living within one quarter of a mile of said
town, shall be suffered to go and remain at large in said town, or
within a quarter of a mile of the said town, in the said county, as
aforesaid; and if any swine belonging to the inhabitants as aforesaid,
shall be found going and remaining at large within the said town,
or within one quarter of a mile of said town, in said county, it shall
and may be lawful for any person or persons to kill or impound the
same, and if impounded, such person or persons shall immediately
give notice, by advertisements set up at the most public places in
the said town, describing the swine so impounded, and if the owner
or owners shall not, within five days after the setting up said advertisements,
prove his or her property therein, and make compensation
for the injury, (if any) which may have been sustained
by any inhabitant of said town or county as aforesaid, to be ascertained
by any two disinterested persons, inhabitants as aforesaid,
and shall not pay for every such swine the sum of twenty-five cents
for every day it shall have been impounded, it shall and may be
lawful for the person or persons so impounding as aforesaid, to sell
or kill the same for his or her benefit. |
General issue may
be pleaded. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons shall
be sued and impleaded for killing, destroying or selling, any such |
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