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THOMAS SIM LEE, Esq; Governor.
III. And be it
enacted, That the commissioners for the preservation and sale
of confiscated British property be, and are hereby empowered, to expose
such forfeited
interest in entailed inheritances to sale, at public vendue, giving four
weeks
notice in the Annapolis and Baltimore gazette, and at other public places
in the
neighbourhood of such estates, the sale to be made for current money, payable
in
three years, at three annual payments, with interest at the rate of six
per cent.
per annum, and bonds with security to be taken accordingly. |
1782.
CHAP.
XIX.
Commissioners
to sell forfeited
interest,
&c. |
CHAP. XX.
An ACT to empower William Aisquith to sell and dispose of certain real
and
personal
property, for the purposes therein mentioned. PR. |
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CHAP. XXI.
An ACT for the relief of John Anderton and Amelia his wife, of Dorchester
county. PR. |
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CHAP. XXII.
An ACT for the settlement and payment of sundry claims which
have arisen from the transactions of the late special
council on the
eastern shore. |
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WHEREAS sundry claims against the public, arising
from transactions
of the said special council, remain unsettled: And whereas there
is still in the hands of the said council a sum of money of the last
emission, which may be sufficient for the payment thereof, and it is thought
the
said claims may be adjusted and paid by those gentlemen, with more ease
to the
parties, and with more justice to the public, than by any other means: |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the general assembly of Maryland, That Matthew Tilghman,
William Paca, Richard Tilghman Earle, Josiah Polk, and William Bruff,
Esquires, be, and they are hereby appointed, commissioners for the settlement
of
all claims which may have arisen against the public, in consequence of
any agreement
or transactions of the said special council; and the said commissioners,
or
any three of them, are hereby authorised to adjust all such claims, and
pay the
same out of any paper money of the last emission which was heretofore lodged
in
the hands of the said special council, provided the said claimaints will
receive the
same at par; and the said commissioners are hereby directed and required
to make
regular accounts of the expenditure of all monies which were heretofore
put into
the hands of the said special council, and return the same into the
auditor's office. |
Commissioners
to settle
claims, &c. |
CHAP. XXIII.
An ACT to make valid a deed of bargain and sale executed by Sarah Gassaway
and Thomas Gassaway, executors of captain John Gassaway,
to William Chapman,
deceased. PR. |
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CHAP. XXIV.
An ACT for the relief of the proprietor of Conocochegue manor, in Washington
county. PR. |
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CHAP. XXV.
An ACT to postpone the sale of certain confiscated British property
for the redemption
of certificates.
This sale is to be postponed (but not
beyond the 10th of November next) that the absent officers and
soldiers may first have their claims adjusted, and have an opportunity,
in person, or by agents, to purchase
at the sale. |
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CHAP. XXVI.
An ACT for the relief of Anthony Addison and Eleanor
Callis. PR. |
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CHAP. XXVII.
An ACT to make valid the proceedings of the commissioners of the tax
for Dorchester
county.
Who had not acted on the days appointed
by law, although they had substantially performed their duty.
This act not only conforms their proceedings, but exempts them from any
penalties, fines and forfeitures,
to which they may be liable from the aforesaid omission. |
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