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ROBERT EDEN, Esq; Governor.
CHAP. XV.
An ACT for King William's school in Annapolis.
The rector, governors, trustees and
visitors, of King William's school, are entitled to receive any gift,
devise or conveyance, of goods, chattels or lands, according to the estate
given; provided that they shall
not, at any one time, hold more than the value of £. 200 sterling
annual income.
In the absence of the rector, any seven of them may
do any act relating to the said school. The
register, under the penalty of 20f, to be recovered before a single
justice, and applied to the use of the
school, is to give personal notice to every member residing in Annapolis,
or to leave a written notice
at his abode, of any intended meeting of the corporation. He shall
likewise, under the same penalty, give
similar notice to any member, not a resident of Annapolis, whom he shall
know to be in town. The penalty
is to be recoverable for each omission. |
1774. |
CHAP. XVI.
An ACT for the relief of the poor in Talbot county.
This act is copied from the general
law of 1768, ch. 29. |
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CHAP. XVII.
An ACT confirming the title of Lazarus Pumphrey to the land therein
mentioned.
PR. |
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CHAP. XVIII.
A Supplementary ACT to the act, entitled, An act to prevent the
injuring harbours within this province, and for repealing
the act
therein mentioned. |
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WHEREAS the purposes of the above recited act have
hitherto been rendered
ineffectual, by reason that offences against the said act are generally
committed by persons who are only temporary residents within
this province, and are not liable to be held to bail on any suit brought
against them
for breach of the said act, and in case of recovery are not liable to pay
the costs of
suit; for remedy whereof for the future. |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by
the right honourable the lord proprietary, by and with the
advice and consent of his governor, and the upper and lower houses
of assembly, and
the authority of the same, That in all actions and prosecutions
hereafter to be
commenced against any person or persons for unlading or casting out any
ballast
contrary to the said act, it shall and may be lawful for the justices of
the court in
which such action or prosecution shall be commenced, upon affidavit or
other evidence
of such offence given, to the satisfaction of such court, to award special
bail,
or security, as the case may require, and in default of such bail or security,
to commit
the offender to the custody of the sheriff, until he shall put in such
bail or security,
as is usual in other cases, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. |
Special bail to
be awarded in
certain cases,
&c. |
III. And be
it further enacted, That if a verdict pass against such offender,
or
judgment or confession, or by default, be rendered against him, the plaintiff
or informer
shall recover full costs. |
Plaintiff to
recover costs. |
CHAP. XIX.
An ACT to empower the justices of Somerset and Worcester counties,
to levy on
the taxable inhabitants of Coventry parish, in said
counties, the quantity of
thirty-two thousand pounds of tobacco, for the uses
therein mentioned.
The tobacco is to be levied in 1774
and 1775, and paid to Samuel Sloane, William Allen, Thomas
Bruff, Joseph Scott, and Thomas Hayward, for the purpose of purchasing
two acres of ground, on the
east side of Pocomoke, at or near Stevens's ferry, and of building thereon
a chapel of ease. |
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CHAP. XX.
An ACT empowering John Done, sheriff of Worcester county, to execute
for the
public levy, deputy commissary's, and attornies fees. PR. |
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CHAP. XXI.
An ACT relating to the public roads in Anne-Arundel, Baltimore,
and Frederick counties. |
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WHEREAS an improvement of the principal market roads
in the said
counties, will render the intercourse and carriage between the parts of
this province, distant from navigation, and the places from whence |
Preamble. |
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