| 1786.
CHAP.
XXXIV.
W. Rasin empowered
to
sell lands, &c. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
III. And be it
enacted, That the said William Rasin be, and he is hereby
empowered, authorised and directed, to sell, on or before the first day
of May
next, the lands of the said Thomas Boyer on credit, for current money,
the
principal to be paid in three equal annual payments, and the interest upon
the
whole to be annually paid; and the treasurer of the western shore is hereby
directed to credit the said Thomas Boyer and his securities for the amount
of the
said bond or bonds, when and as soon as the same shall be lodged
in his office;
provided, that no such bonds be received by the said treasurer, unless
the commissioners
of the tax for Kent county, or a majority of them, shall certify, that
the security is indubitably good and sufficient for the payment of the
sums mentioned
in such bonds, nor unless the said securities, or some one of them, make
oath or affirmation, to be administered by the treasurer of the western
shore, that
the bond or bonds offered were really and bonâ fide taken
for the purchase of the
said land of the said Thomas Boyer; and any bond taken and lodged as
aforesaid
shall, from the date of the obligation, be a lien upon the lands of the
obligor
or obligors therein mentioned. |
Passed January
20. |
CHAP. XXXV.
An ACT to continue the acts of assembly therein
mentioned. |
Several acts
continued. |
BE it enacted,
by the general assembly of Maryland, That an act of assembly,
entitled, An act to prevent disabled and superannuated slaves being set
free,
or the manumission of slaves by any last will or testament, made at
a
session of assembly begun and held at the city of Annapolis the third day
of June,
seventeen hundred and fifty-two, be and is hereby continued, and shall
be and
remain in full force for and during the term of three years, and to the
end of the
next session of assembly which shall happen thereafter. That another
act of assembly,
entitled, An act to authorise the county courts to impose an assessment
to defray their county charges, made at a session of assembly begun and
held at
the city of Annapolis on the thirtieth day of October, seventeen hundred
and
eighty, be and is hereby continued, and shall be and remain in full force
for and
during the term of seven years, and to the end of the next session of assembly
which shall happen thereafter. That another act of assembly, entitled,
An act to
declare what foreign gold and silver coin shall be deemed the current money
of
this state, made at a session of assembly begun and held at the city
of Annapolis on
the fifth day of November, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, be and is
hereby
continued, and shall be and remain in full force for and during the term
of three
years, and to the end of the next session of assembly which shall happen
thereafter.
And that another act of assembly, entitled, An act to prevent the exportation
of flour, not merchantable, from George-town in Frederick county, made
at a session of assembly begun and held at the city of Annapolis on the
second
day of October, seventeen hundred and seventy-one, be and is hereby continued,
and shall be and remain in full force for and during the term of seven
years, and
to the end of the next session of assembly which shall happen thereafter. |
Passed January
20. |
CHAP. XXXVI.
An ACT to improve and repair the streets in Frederick-town, in
Frederick county, and for other purposes therein mentioned. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS the inhabitants of Frederick-town, in Frederick
county,
by their humble petition to this present general assembly, have set
forth, that the streets in said town are very subject to be cut in wet
weather by loaded waggons, many of which are constantly passing, and that
by
repeated cuttings, and the waters collecting in some of the principal
streets, and
particularly in Market-street, the most public street in the said town,
and by
means of many of the inhabitants raising the ground before their own houses,
and thereby turning the water, with a view to their private convenience
only, the
said streets are in a very bad condition, and at times have been impassable,
and
the ground and houses of some of the inhabitants have been much injured
by the
collected waters in heavy rains and melted snows, which have at times passed
through their houses into the town creek; and also setting forth, that
the original
plot and certificate of said town are now lost; that there is great reason
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