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Hanson's Laws of Maryland 1763-1784
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1784.

CHAP.
  VII.

                                LAWS of MARYLAND.

very large sums of money have been raised by private contributors on the eastern
shore, and applied towards building and carrying on said college; and the legislature
having heretofore unanimously resolved, that such exertions for the public
good merited the approbation of the legislature, and ought to receive the public
encouragement and assistance; and the visitors and governors of the said college
have, by their memorial to this general assembly, set forth, that the sum of ten
thousand pounds, which they have, as aforesaid, procured and raised for carrying
on the said college, will not be more than sufficient to furnish and prepare the
building for the reception of the masters and scholars, and for purchasing a library,
and the necessary apparatus, mathematical and philosophical; and that a permanent
yearly fund, in addition to the tuition money to be paid by the scholars,
will be necessary for the payment of salaries to a principal and a sufficient number
of able professors and tutors, and have accordingly prayed, that this general assembly
would take the premises into their consideration, and grant them such
permanent aid as they in their wisdom may think proper:  Now this general assembly
are desirous, as far as the public circumstances will permit, to encourage
a seminary so successfully begun, and intended to be for ever dedicated and carried
on by the name of " Washington college," in honourable and perpetual memory
of the late illustrious and virtuous commander in chief of our armies:
Therefore,

Donation
granted, &c.
    II.  Be it enacted, by the general assembly of Maryland, That the sum of twelve
hundred and fifty pounds current money be annually and for ever hereafter given
and granted, as a donation by the public, to the use of Washington college, to
be applied, by the visitors and governors of the said college, to the payment of
salaries to the principal, professors and tutors, of the said college.

Marriage licences.
    III.  And, as a certain and permanent fund to procure the said sum of twelve hundred
and fifty pounds current money annually, for the use aforesaid, Be it enacted,
That the sum of twenty-five shillings current money, imposed by the act, entitled,
An act concerning marriages, for every marriage licence, and hereafter to be
received by the clerks of any of the counties of the eastern shore, and paid by
them to the treasurer of the sid shore, agreeably to the directions of the said act,
shall remain in his hands, subject to the orders of the visitors and governors of
the said college, to be drawn according to the directions of this act.
Fines, &c.     IV.  And be it enacted, That every fine, penalty or forfeiture, for any offence
(except only for treason) at common law, or by any act of assembly now in force,
or hereafter to be made, and hereafter imposed by the general court on the eastern
shore, or by any county court of that shore, or any judge or justice of either court,
and every recognizance taken by the general or any county court on the eastern
shore, or any judge or justice of either of the said courts, and hereafter forfeited
in the said general court or county court, and collected or received, shall be paid
to the treasurer of the eastern shore, and shall remain in his hands, subject to the
orders of the visitors and governors of Washington college, to be drawn accordingly
to the directions of this act.
Ordinary licences.     V.  And be it enacted, That the regulations and provisions made in the act of
assembly, entitled, An act for licensing and regulating ordinary keepers, passed at
March session, seventeen hundred and eighty (except such parts of the said act as
relate to the retailing of liquors by merchants or storekeepers, or at horse-races)
shall be and remain in full force for ever, as to the granting licences on the 
eastern shore, and the money hereafter collected for ordinary licences granted on
the eastern shore, and paid to the treasurer of the said shore, shall remain in his
hands, subject to the orders of the visitors and governors of Washington college,
to be drawn according to the directions of this act.
Hawkers, &c.      VI.  And be it enacted, That every person carrying goods, wares or merchandise,
for sale, from place to place, shall be deemed a hawker or pedler, and, after
the first day of April next, shall, before they trade, barter or sell and goods,
wares or merchandise, on the eastern shore, take out a licence from some county


 
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