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WILLIAM SMALLWOOD, Esq; Governor.
CHAP. VII.
An ACT to make valid the election of trustees of the poor
of Anne-Arundel county. |
1785. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
that
during the war, magistrates were elected as trustees of the
poor of Anne-Arundel county, and qualified themselves as
such, and executed the said trust; that the present trustees were elected
when magistrates were acting as trustees, and doubts have arisen whether
the said elections were made according to law; |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the elections
of the present trustees of the poor of Anne-Arundel county, be and
are hereby confirmed and made valid in law, and they are hereby authorised
and required to execute the said trust agreeably to law, and to fill up
any vacancy, and in all things relative to the said trust to act according
to
law. |
Elections of
trustees confirmed,
&c. |
CHAP. VIII.
An ACT for altering the time of holding the courts in
Queen-Anne's county. |
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WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
that
the holding of the courts in Queen-Anne's county at the time
directed by law, is found to be inconvenient, |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from
henceforth the courts for said county shall be held on the following days,
to wit: on the Monday before the fourth Tuesday in the months of
March, July and October; and the courts so held shall remain and be
subject to the adjournment of the magistrates of the said county, in the
same manner as if no change had been made in the time of holding the
said courts. |
Days of holding
courts, &c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That all process, pleas and proceedings, civil
and criminal, issued or depending in the courts aforesaid, shall be continued,
and shall be returned and returnable to the days and times above
specified, any thing in any former law to the contrary notwithstanding. |
Process, &c.
continued, &c. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That the particular business directed by acts of
assembly heretofore made to be transacted and done at the June court in
said county, shall hereafter be transacted and done at the July court in
the same county, any law heretofore made to the contrary notwithstanding. |
Business directed
to be
transacted at
June court, to
be done at
July, &c. |
CHAP. IX.
An ACT to aid conveyances of land improperly enrolled,
and for other purposes. |
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WHEREAS many deeds for conveying of lands and other
real estate, have been enrolled in the records of the county
in which the lands or real estate thereby intended to be
passed did lie, although such deeds had in some instances been acknowledged
before a justice of the provincial court, and in others before a
judge of the general court; and many deeds acknowledged before the |
Preamble. |
