| 1784.
CHAP.
XXXVII. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
although all such ordinances, act and doings, shall in themselves be
null and
void, yet they shall not, however, in any courts of law, or by the
general assembly,
be deemed, taken, interpreted or adjudged, into an avoidance or forfeiture
of this charter and act of incorporation, but the same shall be and
remain
unhurt, inviolate and entire, unto the said corporation of visitors
and governors,
in perpetual succession; and all their acts conformable to the powers,
true intent
and meaning hereof, shall be and remain in full force and validity,
the nullity
and avoidance of such illegal acts to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. |
Charter available
in law,
&c. |
XVII. And be
it enacted, That this charter and act of incorporation, and
every part thereof, shall be good and available in all things in the
law, according
to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be construed, reputed
and
adjudged, in all cases, most favourably on the behalf, and for the
best benefit
and behoof, of the said visitors and governors, and their successors,
so as most
effectually to answer the valuable ends of this act of incorporation,
towards the
general advancement and promotion of useful knowledge, science and
virtue. |
Visitors, &c.
to take oath of
fidelity, &c. |
XVIII. And be
it enacted, That no person shall act as visitor and governor,
or as principal or vice-principal, or as professor, in the said college,
before he
shall take the oath of fidelity and support to this state required
by the constitution
or by the laws of this state. |
Donation
granted, &c. |
XIX. And,
to provide a permanent fund for the further encouragement and
establishment of the said college on the western shore, Be
it enacted, That the
sum of one thousand seven 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 the said college on the western shore, 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. |
XX. And,
as a certain and permanent fund for to procure the said sum of one
thousand seven 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
western shore, and paid by them to the treasurer of the said shore,
agreeably to
the directions of the said act, shall remain in his hands, subject
to the order of
the visitors and governors of the said college, to be drawn according
to the
directions of this act. |
| Fines, &c. |
XXI. 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 western 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 western shore, or any judge or justice of either of the said courts,
and
hereafter forfeited in the said general court or county court, collected
or received,
shall be paid to the treasurer of the western shore, and 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. |
| Ordinary licences. |
XXII. 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 store-keepers,
or at
horse-races,) shall be and remain in full force for ever, as to the granting
licences
on the western shore (except in the city of Annapolis and the precincts
thereof);
and the money hereafter collected for ordinary licences granted on the
western
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 the said college, to be
drawn
according to the directions of this act. |
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