| 1784.
CHAP.
LV. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
except New Connaught manor in Cæcil county, and such part of My
Lady's manor
and reserves as are settled on, and to the purchase of which a preference
was
given by the law of April session, seventeen hundred and eighty-two, be
sold by
the intendant of the revenue as soon as may be, for current money or all
certificates
before mentioned, payable on the first day of January, seventeen hundred
and eighty-nine, with interest annually. |
Bonds to be
given, &c. |
X. And be it
enacted, That every purchaser of confiscated British property,
who hath not given bond, shall give bond before the first day of April
next,
with such security as the commissioners for the sale and preservation of
confiscated
British property, under the direction of the intendant of the revenue,
shall require,
for the payment of the purchase money, with interest, agreeably to the
contract, payable on the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety,
with interest annually, to commence from the first day of September last;
which
indulgence of payment till the year seventeen hundred and ninety, shall
not extend
to such bonds as may be drawn for the redemption of emissions of June,
seventeen hundred and eighty, but they shall be paid at the same time as
others
drawn, notwithstanding the time of payment mentioned in such bonds; and
if
any purchaser or purchasers of confiscated British property shall neglect
or omit
to give bond with security as aforesaid, on or before the first day of
April as
aforesaid, the intendant of the revenue is hereby authorised and empowered,
and
expressly directed, to enforce, by the mode directed by the ninth clause
of the
act passed April session, seventeen hundred and eighty-two, entitled, An
act respecting
claims to confiscated British property, and to direct the commissioners
in
certain cases, payment of the principal and interest due by contract from
such
purchaser or purchasers, if the said intendant shall judge such purchaser
or purchasers
able to pay the same, and if unable, the contract shall be void, and shall
be so declared by the said intendant, and the property shall be exposed
to a second
sale by the commissioners aforesaid, under the direction aforesaid, for
current
money, or all certificates before mentioned, payable the first day of January,
seventeen hundred and ninety, with interest annually; and in such case
the intendant
of the revenue may direct suit to be brought against the first purchaser
or
purchasers, to recover damages, for the use or any waste committed by him
or
them on the premises; or the intendant, with the consent of such first
purchaser
or purchasers, may settle the damages, or have them ascertained by arbitrators
indifferently chosen, and acting under oath; and in any such suit so to
be brought,
it shall only be necessary for the attorney-general to issue a writ in
trespass on the
case in the name of this state, and to declare that such purchaser or purchasers
have injustly had the use and possession of the property belonging to the
state, for
the time such use and possession hath continued, and hath or have committed
damage
or waste thereon, upon which such purchaser or purchasers shall plead not
guilty, and thereupon the merits of the cause shall be fully tried, and
judgment
shall be given and execution issue for such damage as may be assessed. |
Preference
given to tenants
on New
Connaught
manor, &c. |
XI. And be it
enacted, That the tenants of New Connaught manor have the
preference of purchasing such parts of the said manor as they now possess
under
any lease from or under the title of Talbot, or any of the late proprietors
of this
state, on payment of a reasonable and moderate valuation, in current money,
or
any of the certificates aforesaid, on giving bonds with good security to
pay the
principal on or before the first day of January, seventeen hundred and
ninety,
and to pay the interest annually; and that the value of such lands, without
the
improvements thereon, be determined by the intendant of the revenue, or
by any
two or three persons on oath, to be nominated by him, such persons to be
indifferent,
and not living in Cæcil county, or within fifty miles thereof; and
thereout
shall be deducted the leases for lives or years, in the computation whereof
the
length of the term for years, the age and health of the tenant for life,
and the
chance of the reversion, shall be considered; and if the said tenants shall
refuse
or neglect to purchase, the said intendant of the revenue shall sell the
same, on
the same credit, for the highest price he can procure, in current money,
or any
of the certificates aforesaid. |
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