| NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 37. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
of the present ineligible situation of the alms-house, and
praying that they may be authorised to sell the same, and purchase
another; therefore, |
Trustees authorised
to convey
property. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the trustees of the poor for Harford county be and they are hereby
authorised and empowered, to sell and convey, in fee-simple, all and
every part of the land heretofore conveyed to the trustees aforesaid,
in their corporate capacity, together with all the appertenances
thereunto belonging, and to purchase in the said county a well
timbered tract of land for the accommodation of the poor of said
county, and to receive a conveyance for the same, to them, and their
successors, by the name, style and title, of The Trustees of the
Poor of Harford county. |
Not to sell for less
than the appraisement. |
3. PROVIDED ALWAYS, NEVERTHELESS, AND BE IT
ENACTED,
That the trustees of the poor of the said county shall not sell and
convey the aforesaid property for a less sum than the said lands
and tenements, and appertenances thereunto belonging, shall be
appraised to. |
Persons appointed
to appraise land. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That John Moores, Thomas
A. Hays
and Parker Hall Lee, are hereby appointed to value and appraise
the said land and appertenances thereunto belonging, who shall, on
or before the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ten,
proceed to appraise and value the same, but before they proceed to
value, they shall respectively take the following oath before some
justice of the peace for said county, to wit: " I, A. B. do solemnly
" and sincerely swear, or affirm, as the case may be, in the presence
" of Almighty God, that I will proceed to value and appraise the
" land and real estate belonging to the alms-house of Harford county,
" and that I will value the same to such a sum as I in my judgment
" shall think it to be worth; so help me God;" and that after
the aforesaid appraisers have valued the same, the trustees shall
proceed to sell the land for such a sum as they can procure for
the same, but in no case to sell the same under the sum to which it
may be valued. |
Trustees authorised
to convey to
Joseph Robinson
such part of said
land as they exchanged
with him. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trustees
be and they are
hereby authorised and empowered, to sell and convey to Joseph Robinson,
his heirs and assigns, for ever, such portion of the said
land belonging to the county as they exchanged with the said Joseph
Robinson, and that they be authorised to receive a conveyance
to them, and their successors, from the said Robinson, for such
part or portion of land as was given in exchange by said Robinson
to them. |
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Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
CHAP. XXXVIII.
An Act to alter and abolish all that part of the Constitution which
permits
certain Citizens of Annapolis to vote for Delegates
for Anne-Arundel
County. Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 176. |
No resident in Annapolis
to have a
vote in Anne-Arundel
county. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
no person residing in the city of Annapolis shall have a vote in the
county of Anne-Arundel for delegates for the said county, and all
and every part of the constitution which enables persons holding
fifty acres of land to vote in said county, be and is hereby abolished;
Provided nevertheless, that if this act shall be confirmed by
the general assembly, after the next election of delegates, in the |
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