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CHAP.
VIII. |
3 HENRY HARFORD, Esq; Governor.
the expiration of the said term, and further renewable for ever; on
which said
part of the lot aforesaid, the said inhabitants have built and erected
a large and
convenient building, calculated for a market-house and other public
uses; and it
is prayed, that an act of assembly may be passed for confirming the
said lease, and
vesting the estate therein limited in the commissioners of the said
town, and their
successors, for the use and benefit of the said town. |
Lease declared
good,
&c. |
II. Be it enacted,
by
the right honourable the lord proprietary, by and
with the advice and consent of his governor, and the upper and lower
houses of assembly,
and the authority of the same, That the said lease, so made
by the said Thomas
Harrison, and every clause, matter and thing, therein contained, shall
be and hereby
is declared good and sufficient in law; and that the commissioners
of Baltimore-town,
and their successors, shall and may hold, possess and enjoy, the said
demised part of the lot of land aforesaid, and the estate therein limited,
to and for
the use and benefit of the said town, in as full and ample manner as
if they the
said commissioners had been legally constituted a body politic and
corporate in
deed and in name, with capacity to purchase. |
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CHAP. IX.
An ACT for the relief of the poor in Anne-Arundel county.
The justices having contracted for
an alms-house, to be finished by May next, are empowered, notwithstanding
the act of 1771, ch. 36, to assess, in November next,
a quantity, not exceeding 10lb. of
tobacco per poll, to be paid to the trustees for the
support of the poor to be taken into the said house. |
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CHAP. X.
An ACT for the division of Dorchester and Queen-Anne's
counties,
and for erecting a new one by the name of Caroline. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS a considerable body of the inhabitants of
Dorchester and
Queen-Anne's counties, by their petition to this general assembly,
have prayed, that an act may be passed for a division of the said counties,
and for erecting a new one out of parts thereof: And whereas
it appears to
this general assembly, that the erecting of a new county out of such
parts of Dorchester
and Queen-Anne's counties, will conduce greatly to the ease and convenience
of the people thereof; |
Bounds of
Caroline
county. |
II. Be it enacted,
by
the right honourable the lord proprietary, by and
with the advice and consent of his governor, and the upper and lower
houses of assembly,
and the authority of the same, That after the Monday after the
second Tuesday
in March next, such parts of the aforesaid two counties of Dorchester
and Queen-Anne's,
as are contained within the bounds and limits following, to wit, Beginning
at a point on the north side of the mouth of Hunting creek in Dorchester
county, and from thence running up and with the said creek to the main
road at
James Murray's mill, thence with that road by Saint-Mary's White Chapel
parish
church to the north-west fork bridge, thence with the main road (that
leads to
Cannon's ferry) to Nanticoke river, thence with the said river to and
with the
exterior limits of the aforesaid county of Dorchester to the exterior
limits of Queen-Anne's
county, thence with the limits of Queen-Anne's county to intersect
the
main road that leads from the Beaver dam causeway to Dover-town, in
Kent
county, upon Delaware, thence with the said road to the long marsh,
thence with
the said marsh and stream of the branch of Tuckahoe creek to Tuckahoe
bridge,
thence with the said creek to Great Choptank river, and with the said
river to the
first beginning at the mouth of Hunting creek, shall be, and is hereby
erected into
a new county, by the name of Caroline county. |
Inhabitants to
enjoy privileges. |
III. And be
it enacted, That the inhabitants of Caroline county aforesaid shall
have, hold and enjoy, all such rights and privileges as are held and enjoyed
by the
inhabitants of any county in this province. |
Commissioners
appointed,
who are to
purchase land,
&c. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That Mr. William Haskins, Mr. Richard Mason, Mr.
Joshua Clark, Mr. John White, Mr. Henry Dickenson, Mr. William Keene,
and Mr. Thomas Goldsborough, shall be and are hereby appointed commissioners |
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