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THOMAS JOHNSON, Esq; Governor.
CHAP. VI.
A Supplementary ACT to an act, entitled, An act for the special appointment
of
inspectors, and other purposes. |
1778. |
CHAP. VII.
An ACT to continue an act, entitled, An act for enlarging the powers
of the governor
and council. |
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CHAP. VIII.
An ACT for the payment of the journal of accounts. |
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CHAP. IX.
An ACT for the relief of certain nonjurors. |
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At a SESSION of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY
of MARYLAND, begun and held at the city of
ANNAPOLIS, on Monday the twenty-sixth of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and seventy-eight, and ended the 15th day
of December: The following laws were enacted.
THOMAS
JOHNSON, Esq; Governor. |
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CHAP. I.
An ACT for the adjournment and continuance of several of the county
courts
within this state.
Caroline to the second Tuesday in December
next; Queen-Anne's to the third; Cæcil and Worcester
to the first Tuesday in January; Charles, Kent, and Somerset, to the second;
and Prince-George's to
the third; Frederick and Dorchester to the second Tuesday in February;
instead of their respective stated
terms in November next. And, in Somerset county, all causes and proceedings,
both criminal and
civil, now depending, and which were returnable to last August court, are
adjourned and continued
to the second Tuesday in January. |
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CHAP. II.
An ACT for the relief of
sundry of the inhabitants of this state. |
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CHAP. III.
An ACT to prohibit, for a limited time, the exportation of wheat, flour,
rye, Indian
corn, rice, bread, beef, pork, bacon, live stock, peas,
beans, oaths, and other
victual.
To continue until the 10th of May next.
Continued by the act of March, 1779, ch. 10, until the
end of the next session, when it expired, a new act having been passed
under the same title. |
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CHAP. IV.
An ACT for the relief of Joshua Chilcut, of Caroline
county. PR. |
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CHAP. V.
An ACT to enable Cassandra Ducker, widow and executrix of John Ducker,
late
of Anne-Arundel county, deceased, to sell and dispose
of certain lands and mills
therein mentioned. PR. |
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CHAP. VI.
An ACT for preventing excessive and deceitful gaming, and for other
purposes
therein mentioned.
To commence on the first of February
next and continue three years, &c. Expired. |
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CHAP. VII.
An ACT to raise the supplies for the year seventeen hundred and seventy-nine.
To raise 5f in every pound of
annual income; that is, every £. 100 of real and personal property
is
to pay 25f. Such debtors as are obliged to pay interest are
allowed to charge their creditors 25f for
every £. 100 of their debt, which is not to be taxed. Public
offices of profit, clerkships and deputyships |
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