| 1787.
CHAP.
XXXI. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
to them shall seem meet, and shall and may, out of such toll and rents,
give
their clerk a yearly salary, not exceeding thirty pounds current money;
and, that
the streets, lanes and alleys, of the said town, may be kept clean and
in good
repair, it shall be lawful for the said commissioners, and their successors,
or a
major part of them, to assess, levy and take, from the inhabitants of the
said
town, from time to time, such sums of money as may be necessary for that
purpose,
and with the same hire diligent and industrious labourers, as need may
require,
to keep the streets, lanes and alleys, in good repair and clean from filth;
provided, that such assessment may not be more than once in a year,
or may not
exceed the sum of two shillings and six-pence current money for every hundred
pounds worth of property assessed in the said town. |
A market to
be held for
sale, barter or
exchange, &c. |
XV. And,
for the further encouragement of the inhabitants of the town
aforesaid, and others who may be desirous of settling there, Be
it enacted, That
at the market-house, and on the market-square aforesaid, there shall, on
the first
Tuesdays, and the day after, in the months of April, June, October and
December,
in one year after the market-house shall be removed as aforesaid, there
shall be held general markets for the sale, barter or exchange, of horses,
cattle,
and other live stock, and also of all goods, wares and merchandises, the
produce,
growth or manufactory of this, or any of the United States, but not for
the sale,
barter or exchange, of any goods, wares or merchandise, imported from Europe,
or by the subjects of any foreign power; and, that the general markets
may not
become incitements for the assembling of idle and disorderly persons, the
commissioners
are hereby empowered to make such rules and regulations as to them
may seem most conducive to prevent horse-racing, gambling, and other diversions,
and the same regulations to carry into effect; provided, that no penalty
for transgressing any such bye-law may not exceed ten shillings for any
one offence. |
Passed May
24. |
CHAP. XXXII.
An ACT to revive and aid the proceedings of Caroline county
court, and to suspend the erecting of the public buildings
in
Caroline county. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS the justices of Caroline county refused
to qualify under
the commission last issued appointing the justices of said county,
whereby the county court of said county, which met on the Monday
before the third Tuesday in March last, was not adjourned, and all causes,
pleas,
process and proceedings, both civil and criminal, in the same court depending,
were discontinued: |
All causes,
&c. continued,
&c. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the general assembly of Maryland, That all causes, pleas,
process and proceedings, both civil and criminal (except as hereafter excepted)
which were depending and undetermined in the said county court, which ought
to have been held and adjourned on the said Monday before the third Tuesday
in
March last, shall be continued, adjudged and taken, to be in the state
and condition
at the next court to be held for the said county, to all intents and purposes,
as if the justices of the said court had met, qualified and adjourned,
and held the
said court as by law required, and that he justices of the said court may
then
proceed to hear and determine, or further continue, and thereafter hear
and determine,
the said actions, pleas, process and proceedings, respectively, as the
case
may require, as fully and effectually as the same might or lawfully
could have
been done in the aforesaid month of March last, the said discontinuance,
or any
other matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding. |
| Proviso. |
III. Provided
nevertheless, That in case any plaintiff or plaintiffs in any suit
or suits so discontinued, hath or have brought his, her or their, action
or actions
anew, and hath or have caused the defendant or defendants therein to be
arrested,
such action or actions shall not be taken or deemed within, but shall be
excepted
out of, the provisions of this act. |
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