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WILLIAM SMALLWOOD, Esq; Governor.
II. And be it
enacted, That the free-school property in said county, shall be
and is hereby vested in the said trustees, and their successors, and shall
be taken
and held by them as a fund towards the establishment and support of said
alms
and work-house, which property the said trustees, their successors, or
a major
part of them, may, at any time, with the consent of Cæcil county
court, sell,
convey, and convert into money, on such terms as they may deem most advantageous
to said establishment; and the visitors of the free-school in said
county
are hereby directed to deliver to said trustees all the free-school property
aforesaid,
of whatever nature it may be, and render to them a just and full account
of the
profits thereof. |
1787.
CHAP.
XVIII.
Free-school
property vested
in the
trustees, &c. |
III. And,
the more effectually to carry this law into execution, Be
it enacted,
That the justices of Cæcil county court for the time being, shall
and they are
hereby empowered to assess and levy annually, as long as it may necessary
on all the property in said county liable to assessment, at the time of
laying their
county rate, a sum of current money not exceeding four hundred pounds,
together
with the collector's commission of six per cent. for collecting
the same, which
money, when collected, shall be paid to the order of such trustees, or
a major
part of them, under their common seal, who are hereby authorised and required
to receive and apply the same to the use and benefit of said alms and work-house. |
Justices to levy
money, &c. |
IV. And be it enacted,
That James Hughes, John Ward, junior, Edward
Ford, Jeremiah Taylor, Henry Hollingsworth, Samuel Gilpin, James Orrick,
James Mackey, son of Robert, and Joseph Baxter, be and are hereby appointed
trustees of the alms and work-house in the county aforesaid, and that
they and their successors shall have the same powers, and be subject to
the same
rules, regulations and penalties, as the trustees and their successors
of the alms
and work-house of Kent county, agreeably
to an act passed this present session,
entitled, An act for the relief of the poor of Kent county, and that all
other
description of persons in Cæcil county shall conform and be subject
to the same
rules, regulations and penalties, as are directed by said act for the relief
of the
poor in Kent county, excepting nevertheless any thing in this law which
may
contradict the same. |
Trustees appointed,
&c. |
CHAP. XIX.
An ACT to alter the time of holding Baltimore county court for
civil causes. |
Passed December
16. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the justices
of Baltimore county court, that it would conduce to the administration
of justice in the said county, and greatly promote the ease and
convenience, attending civil business in the county court of the said county,
if the times of holding the same were charged: |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the county
courts of Baltimore county for civil causes, shall annually for ever hereafter
be
held on the first day in the months of April and September, unless such
day
shall happen on a Sunday, and in such case on the next day, and the courts
so
held shall be subject to adjournment in the same manner as if no change
had
been made in the time of holding the said courts; and all civil process,
pleas
and proceedings, depending in the said county court, or hereafter to be
issued
therefrom, shall be continued and returnable to the said days respectively. |
When courts
are to be
held, &c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That all actions commenced to last March court of
the said county, and unfinished, shall be finished at next April term,
with stay
of execution on judgments in actions to last November court until the Monday
preceding the first Tuesday in November thereafter. |
Actions to be
finished at
April, &c. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That no action to be commenced in the said county
court shall continue longer than the end of the first court after the imparlance
court, unless such cause as the law may allow for the continuance of suits
beyond |
How long actions
may be
continued, &c. |
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