At a SESSION of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MARYLAND, begun and held at the City
of
ANNAPOLIS on Monday the second of November,
and ended the twenty-sixth day of
December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and
eighty-nine, the following LAWS were enacted:
JOHN
EAGER HOWARD, Esq; Governor. |
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CHAP. I.
An ACT, entitled, An act to confirm an act, entitled, An act
to alter such parts of the constitution and form of
government
as prevent a citizen from taking a seat in the legislature,
or being
an elector of the senate, without taking an oath to
the support
of this government, passed at November session,
seventeen
hundred and eighty-eight. |
Passed November
20. |
WHEREAS, at a session of assembly begun and held
at the city of
Annapolis on Monday the third of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, an act of assembly,
entitled, An act to alter such parts of the constitution and form of government
as prevent a citizen from taking a seat in the legislature, or being an
elector
of the senate, without taking an oath to the support of this government,
was
passed, to alter, change and abolish, such parts of the constitution and
form of
government as are therein mentioned: And whereas the said act of
assembly
hath been published in due form for the space of delegates, according
to the
provisions of the said form of government, and this general assembly hereby
intend to confirm the said act; |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said act,
entitled, An act to alter such parts of the constitution and form of government
as prevent a citizen from taking a seat in the legislature, or being
an elector
of the senate, without taking an oath to the support of this government,
be
and it is hereby confirmed and made valid to every intent and purpose therein
mentioned. |
An act confirmed. |
CHAP. II.
An ACT to open a road from or near Christian Bower's mill, n
Big Pipe Creek, in Frederick county, by Ox Moor's mill,
on
Patapsco Falls, to intersect the great public road leading
from
Westminster-town to Baltimore-town. |
Passed December
19. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition of
sundry inhabitants of Frederick and Baltimore counties, that they
find it inconvenient and troublesome to transport the produce of their
farms to market, owing to their situation and distance from any direct
public
road leading to Baltimore-town, and this general assembly are of opinion,
that
the prayer of the said petition ought to be granted; therefore, |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Elias Magers,
Richard Winchester and John Blizard, be and they are hereby appointed
commissioners
for the purposes in this act mentioned; and the said commissioners,
or any two of them, are hereby authorised to lay off and open as aforesaid,
at |
Commissioners appointed,
&c. |
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