| 1808.
CHAP. 104.
Passed Dec. 24. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. CIV.
An Act for the improvement of Elkton, in Cecil County. Lib.
TH.
No. 2, fol. 97. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of the inhabitants of Elkton, in Cecil county, that in consequence
of the doubtful adjustment of the limits of said town they
suffer many inconveniencies; therefore, |
| Town to be bounded. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
David Smith, Alexander Scott, Stephen Hollingsworth, James
Sewall, Adam Whann, Robert Walmesly, William Hollingsworth,
John Groome, John King, Thomas Howard and George Ricketts,
or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to mete and bound the
town of Elkton, in Cecil county, a plot of which shall be made out
and returned to the clerk of the county, and by him enrolled among
the records of said county. |
|
_____
|
Passed Dec. 24. |
CHAP. CV.
An Act for building a Bridge over Tuckahoe Creek where the old
Bridge now stands. Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 97. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS the inhabitants of Talbot, Queen-Anne's
and Caroline
counties, by their petition to this general assembly have set
forth, that the bridge over Tuckahoe creek is in a ruinous and
almost impassable condition, and have set forth by their petition,
that the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars will be sufficient to
defray the expense of erecting said bridge, and that the same may
be levied on the said counties respectively for the purpose aforesaid;
therefore, |
Commissioners appointed
to build
& complete
bridge. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Thomas Bell, for Talbot county, William E. Meconekin, for Queen-Anne's
county, and John Tillotson, for Caroline county, shall be
and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of
building and completing the said new bridge; and the said commissioners,
or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised
and empowered, as soon as it may be conveniently in their power,
to cause the said new bridge to be built over the said creek where
the old one now stands, to be built and completed in the best and
most substantial manner it can for the money hereby granted; and
the said commissioners, or a majority of them, are by virtue of this
act fully authorised and empowered, as they in their discretion
shall think best, and to contract with any person or persons for the
whole or in part, or they may purchase materials, and have workmen
and labourers to complete the said work. |
| Levies authorised. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the justices of
the levy courts of
Talbot, Queen Anne's and Caroline counties, shall and they are
hereby authorised, directed and required, at the next levy court in
their respective counties, to levy and assess the several sums of
money herein after mentioned, in the following manner, to wit:
The justices of the levy court for Talbot county shall assess and
levy the sum of one hundred and thirty-one dollars and twenty-five
cents; the justices of the levy court of Queen-Anne's county shall
assess and levy the sum of eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents;
and the justices of the levy court of Caroline county shall assess
and levy the sum of one hundred and thirty-one dollars and twenty-five
cents, which said several sums of money, together with the |
|
 |
