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CHAP.
XII. |
15 FREDERICK Lord BALTIMORE.
contracted, he, she, or they, so absenting themselves, shall have no
benefit by the
limitation or restriction in the said act specified, but hath made
no provision in the
case wherein the person or persons liable to the same, hath or have
been, is, are, or
may be absent out of the province, at the time when any cause of action
may have
arisen or accrued, or shall or may arise or accrue against him, her
or them, though
the said case falling under the same reason, ought to have the same
remedy. |
Persons absent,
&c. to
receive no
advantage,
&c. |
II. Be it therefore
enacted, by the right honourable the lord proprietary, by and
with the advice and consent of his lordship's governor, and the
upper and lower houses
of assembly, and the authority of the same, That if any person
or persons liable, or
that hath or have been, or shall or may be liable to any action, or
that hath or
have been, or shall or may be absent out of this province, at the time
when the
cause of action hath arisen or accrued, or shall or may arise or accrue
against
him, her or them, he, she or they, shall have or receive no benefit
or advantage
of or from the said recited act. |
| Proviso. |
III. Provided,
That the person or persons that hath, have, or hath or have
had, or that shall or may have such cause of action as aforesaid, shall
commence
or prosecute the same after the presence in this province of the person
or persons
liable thereto, within the time or times limited in and by the sid
recited act. |
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CHAP. XIII.
An ACT to vest the title of and in certain lands in John Hammond, Esq;
and
for other purposes therein mentioned.
PR. |
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CHAP. XIV.
An ACT to establish a road from Hunting-creek, in Dorchester, to Dover,
in
Talbot county.
Upon application made by Henry Troth,
or any other person, to the justices of Dorchester county, after
a good and sufficient road and causeway, at least twelve
feet wide at the top, shall have been completed
through the marsh of Choptank, opposite to the main road
at Dover, they shall cause a road to be laid out
and cleared from the road leading from Hunting-creek
to Kingstown, till it join the end of the said causeway,
and it shall run thence with the causeway to the river.
And to defray the expence they are at, the
next November court, after such application, to assess
any quantity of tobacco not exceeding 2,500lb. |
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CHAP. XV.
An ACT continuing an act, entitled, An act for the relief of such persons
as cannot
find surety for their appearance, to testify as
a witness against any person arrested,
accused or prosecuted, for any criminal matter.
The act of 1752, ch. 13, is continued
for seven years, &c. It was afterwards continued for seven
years, &c. by the act of June, 1773, ch. 2.
And again continued for seven years by the act of October,
1780, ch. 12. |
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CHAP. XVI.
An ACT continuing an act, entitled, An act to enable the several and
respective
county clerks, within this province, to remove some
of the county records and
papers from the public offices.
The act of 1748, ch. 7, is continued,
&c. as in the note under ch. 15. |
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CHAP. XVII.
An ACT continuing an act, entitled, An act for the more effectual punishment
of
negroes and other slaves, and for taking away the benefit
of clergy from certain
offenders; and a supplementary act to an act, entitled,
An act to prevent the tumultuous
meeting, and other irregularities of negroes and other
slaves, and directing
the manner of trying slaves.
The act of 1751, ch. 14, is continued,
&c. as in the note under ch. 15. |
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CHAP. XVIII.
An ACT continuing an act, entitled, A supplementary act to an act,
entitled, An
act laying an imposition on negroes, and several sorts
of liquors imported; and
also on Irish servants, to prevent the importing too
great a number of Irish papists
into this province.
The act of 1715, ch. 6, is continued
for seven years, &c. It was again continued for twenty-one years
by the act of June, 1773, ch. 2. By the act of April, 1783, ch. 23,
it is ordained, that slaves brought
into this state shall be free; that act, nevertheless, does not repeal
the act of 1735, ch. 6. |
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