| 1783.
CHAP.
XI. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
aforesaid, during his continuance in office, and to inspect all provisions
brought
thereto for sale, and destroy any he shall find and adjudge unsound or
unwholesome;
and also to try the weights and measures used at the said market by standards,
if any provided and kept there by said commissioners of said market for
that
purpose, and the same, when false or untrue, to seize and dispose to the
highest
bidder, and shall pay the money arising from such sale to the said commissioners,
to be by them applied as aforesaid; and the clerk of the said market
(unless prevented
by sickness, or other unavoidable accident or necessity) shall, and he
is hereby required to attend in the said market, at such hours as the commissioners
may appoint at the different seasons; and if such clerk shall neglect or
refuse to attend as aforesaid, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit
and pay the
sum of five shillings current money, to be recovered by the commissioners
of said
market for the time being, before any justice of the peace for Washington
county, to be paid and applied by them to the use aforesaid; and the said
clerk may be removed and displaced by said commissioners for the time being
at
their pleasure or direction. |
|
Horses not to
be put under
market-house,
&c. |
XI. And,
whereas it has been practised by people coming in from the county,
to tie their horses in the said market-house, which is very indecent, and
offensive
to the inhabitants of the said town; Be it
enacted, That any person or persons,
who shall, after the time aforesaid, put their own, or any other person's
horse,
mare or gelding, into or under the said market-house, on any pretence whatsoever,
he or they shall pay or forfeit two shillings and six-pence current money,
with
cost aforesaid, to be recovered, paid and applied, as aforesaid. |
Justices to fill
up vacancies,
&c. |
XII. And be
it enacted, That if any person appointed commissioner by this
act, shall die, refuse, or otherwise be rendered incapable to discharge
the duties
enjoined by this act, that the justices of Washington county may nominate
and
appoint some person or persons in his or their place, so as to make the
number of
three commissioners as aforesaid, that the commissioners so appointed shall
have the same powers as the commissioners appointed by this act. |
|
CHAP. XII.
An ACT to authorise the auditor-general to settle and adjust the accounts
and
pay of the honourable Robert
Hanson Harrison, esquire. PR. |
|
CHAP. XIII.
An ACT to appoint trustees to take care of the person and property
of Joseph
Ensor, an idiot. PR. |
|
CHAP. XIV.
An ACT for the sale of the glebe-land in Shrewsbury parish in Kent
county.
The vestrymen and wardens are empowered
to sell the said lands at auction, and to apply the money
towards the purchase of another piece of land, more conveniently situated;
but, if they shall not speedily
be able to purchase, they are directed to place the money at interest,
for the benefit of the incumbent,
for the time being: In case of no incumbent, the interest shall be
consolidated with the principal, until
the purchase can be made, which it is their duty to make as soon as possible. |
|
CHAP. XV.
An ACT for laying out a road leading from Doctor Ephraim Howard's tilting-forge,
in the upper parts of Elk-Ridge, to intersect the public
road leading
to Elk-Ridge Landing, by William Hobbs's dwelling plantation,
in Anne-Arundel
county.
To be a public waggon road, twenty
feet wide, and not to go, without consent of the proprietor,
through any orchard, meadow or garden. It is to be laid out by three
commissioners, named in the
act, who are to value the damage thereby incurred, by the owners of land;
and the said Ephraim Howard
is, within three months, to pay the same. |
|
CHAP. XVI.
An ACT empowering the intendant to dispose of the galley and barges. |
|
 |
