| 1788.
CHAP.
XLIV.
Lots to be distributed
among the soldiers,
&c. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
one hundred lots set apart to fulfil the engagements of lands to recruiting
officers,
Be it enacted, That two thousand five
hundred and seventy-five of the aforesaid
lots, lying in the most fertile part of the county, and contained in the
following
limits, to wit, beginning at the mouth of Savage river, and running with
the
north branch of Patowmack river to the head thereof, then north with the
present
supposed boundary line of Maryland until the intersection of an east line
to
be drawn from the said boundary line, with a north course from the mouth
of
Savage river, will include the number of lots aforesaid, to be distributed
by lot
among the said soldiers and recruiting officers, and their legal representatives,
by
the commissioner or commissioners hereafter to be appointed by the governor
and
council as aforesaid. |
And officers,
&c. |
VI. And be it
enacted, That part of the remaining lots be distributed by lottery
among the officers, and the representatives of the officers, of the Maryland
line, who served to the end of the war, who were deranged by any of the
reforms
of the army, who were killed or died of their wounds received in battle,
those
who were disabled from further service by wounds received, in consequence
thereof retired, and those who died a natural death while in the service
with the
army; each officer, or his representative, to have four lots. |
To be adjacent,
&c. |
VII. And be
it enacted, That the lots so granted to the officers aforesaid,
shall be adjacent to those herein before directed to be distributed among
the soldiers,
and shall be contained within the following limits, to wit, by extending
the
aforesaid north course from the mouth of Savage river until its intersection
with
an east line to be drawn from the aforesaid supposed boundary line of Maryland,
will include the necessary number, allowing to each officer, or his representative,
four lots as aforesaid. |
And distributed
by lot,
&c. |
VIII. And be
it enacted, That the said lots shall be distributed by lot among
the said officers and their representatives, by the commissioner or
commissioners
to be appointed by the governor and council as aforesaid, each ticket to
contain
four lot contiguous to each other, or as nearly so as may be. |
Lot secured,
&c. |
IX. And be it
enacted, That the lot on which William Howell lives be secured
to the legal representative of _____ Howell, son of the said William,
which said son was a soldier in the Maryland line, and died in the service
of his
country; and that in case the said son shall not have left a legal
representative,
entitled by law to the said lot, the same be secured to the aforesaid
William
Howell, his heirs and assigns, for ever. |
Remainder to
be sold. |
X. And be it
enacted, That the remainder of the said lots be sold for any kind
of specie certificates of this state, to be paid at the time of sale. |
Allowance to
assistants. |
XI. And,
whereas it appears to this general assembly, that ten assistant surveyors
have been employed by the said Francis Deakins in the execution of
the
said survey seven hundred and seventy-five days, to wit, Henry Kemp one
hundred
and twenty days, Daniel Cresap fifty-eight days, Laurence Bringle, ninety-eight
days, Benjamin Price eighty-eight days, John Tomlinson fifty-eight days,
Jonas Hogmire eighty-four days, Thomas Orm seventy days, John Hooker
ninety-two days, John Lynn fifteen days, William Hoye ninety-two days,
Be it
enacted, That there be allowed
to each of the said assistants the sum of ten shillings
current money per day. |
Assembly
cannot give
orders, &c. |
XII. And be
it enacted, That as to the lands patented or taken up within the
manors and the reserves aforesaid, the general assembly cannot with propriety
give
orders for any disposition thereof, but that the cases of each ought to
be stated by
the governor and council, and the attorney-general's opinion taken, so
that the
claim of the state may be prosecuted or relinquished, as law and justice
may require. |
Lands may
be taken up,
&c. |
XIII. And be
it enacted, That any of the said lands, not herein before appropriated,
and any other lands in this state now vacant, and to affect which no |
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