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ROBERT EDEN, Esq; Governor.
sheriff of Caroline county at Dorchester or Queen-Anne's county courts,
he shall
have a power to confine in Dorchester or Queen-Anne's county gaol respectively,
if he should think it necessary, such persons as he shall have in execution;
but
after his attendance shall be dispensed with by the said courts respectively,
he shall
then, in a reasonable time, remove such persons as he shall have in execution
to
Caroline county gaol, there to be kept till legally discharged. |
1773.
CHAP.
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XIII. And be
it enacted, That in case any deeds or conveyances of lands or
chattels, in that part of Queen-Anne's county now included in Caroline
county,
have been or shall be, before the division aforesaid, acknowledged according
to law
in Queen-Anne's county, the enrollment or recording thereof within the
time limited
by law, either in the county court of Queen-Anne's or the county court
of
Caroline, shall be good and available, the division aforesaid notwithstanding:
And
in case any deeds or conveyances of lands or chattels, in that part of
Dorchester
county now included in Caroline county, have been or shall be, before the
division
aforesaid, acknowledged according to law in Dorchester county, the enrollment
or
recording thereof within the time limited by law, either in the county
court of
Dorchester, or in the county court of Caroline, shall be good and available
in law,
the division aforesaid notwithstanding. |
Deeds acknowledged,
&c. good and
available. |
XIV. And be
it enacted, That the public and county levy, now assessed or levied,
or to be levied and assessed, by the justices of Dorchester county court,
at their
levy court for the present year, shall and may be collected and received
by the sheriff
of Dorchester county, as well of the taxable inhabitants of that part of
Dorchester
county which is included in Caroline county, as of Dorchester county, and
collected,
accounted for and applied, in such manner as the said public and county
levy
would have been collected, accounted for and applied, had this act never
been
made. |
Levies assessed
in Dorchester. |
XV. And be it
enacted, That the public and county levy, now assessed or levied,
or to be levied and assessed, by the justices of Queen-Anne's county court,
at their levy court for the present year, shall and may be collected and
received by
the sheriff of Queen-Anne's county, as well of the taxable inhabitants
of that part
of Queen-Anne's county which is included in Caroline county, as of Queen-Anne's
county, and collected, accounted for and applied, in such manner as the
said public
and county levy would have been collected, accounted for and applied, had
this
act never been made. |
And Queen-Anne's
counties
how to
be applied. |
XVI. And be
it enacted, That the several delegates for Dorchester county shall
retain their seats, and that such of them as are residents in Dorchester
county, after
the division aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken as delegates for that
county,
and such of them as are residents in Caroline county, shall be deemed and
taken
delegates for that county, and writs of election shall issue to make up
the number
of delegates wanted in either county, to complete the usual and common
county
representation. |
Delegates to
retain their
seats. |
XVII. And be
it enacted, That the county court of Caroline county shall begin,
and be held, on the third Tuesdays of the same months in which other county
courts of this province are held, yearly, and shall have equal power and
jurisdiction
with any county court in this province. |
When courts
are to be held. |
CHAP. XI.
An ACT for the sale of the lands late the property of Caleb Dorsey,
of Anne-Arundel
county, deceased, for the payment of legacies. PR. |
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CHAP. XII.
An ACT continuing an act, entitled, An act to remedy some evils relating
to servants. |
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CHAP. XIII.
An ACT continuing an act, entitled, An act for the speedy recovery
of small debts,
out of court, before one justice of the peace. |
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