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JOHN EAGER HOWARD, Esq; Governor.
court for the time being, to attend them on all occasions relating to
this act in
their respective courts, and at their meetings at the court-house, and
that he be
qualified by oath before some magistrate, to keep fair and just entries
of the proceedings
of the said justices, and do all other necessary services in relation to
this
act, which shall be required of him by the justices aforesaid; for all
which
services he shall annually be allowed in the county assessment a sum not
exceeding
ten pounds current money. |
1789.
CHAP.
XXVI. |
XLIII. And be
it enacted, That no master or commander of any vessel taking
tobacco on freight, shall remove or transport any such tobacco from any
warehouse,
in order to be put on board his vessel, in any open boat, or undecked
vessel, or on the deck of any vessel, without such good and sufficient
covering as
will secure such tobacco against rain, under the penalty of five pounds
current
money for every offence. |
Masters of vessels
not to remove
tobacco, &c. |
XLIV. And be
it enacted, That the justices and inspectors of each respective
county shall meet at the place where their respective county courts are
held, on
the first Monday in APril next, if fair weather, if not, on the next fair
day,
under the penalty of twenty pounds current money each, at which meeting
it
shall be determined by a majority of the justices then present, upon the
best information
they can procure, what buildings, additions or repairs, or wharfs,
required by this act, are wanting at each respective warehouse; and the
said
justices shall appoint two justices most convenient to each warehouse,
not being
proprietor or proprietors of such warehouse, to agree and contract for
such buildings,
additions, repairs and wharfs, as shall be determined to be wanting as
aforesaid; and the said two justices shall, within five days after such
appointment,
give notice to the proprietor or proprietors of each warehouse, concerning
which they are appointed to contract, or his or their agent, to meet them
at
some convenient place, by them in such notice to be appointed, at a
time not
exceeding ten days from the date of such notice, at which meeting the said
two
justices shall inform the said proprietor or proprietors will not immediately
enter into bond
to the state, in such penalty as the said two justices shall think
proper, not exceeding
five hundred pounds current money, to do what is required as aforesaid
within six months after the date of such bond at farthest, or if after
such bond
given, such proprietor or proprietors shall not complete every thing therein
specified,
according to the tenor thereof, in either case the said two justices shall
forthwith agree with some other person for doing what is determined as
aforesaid
to be necessary, or may be unfinished as aforesaid, and shall take a bond
for performance
of such their agreement; and in case one of the two justices aforesaid
should die, or be removed, the other shall have as full power to act as
if such
death or removal had not happened; and if both such justices should die,
or be
removed, then the county court shall appoint two other justices, who
shall have
the powers aforesaid; and if any warehouse shall be suffered by the proprietor
to
be out of repair for the space of six weeks, every such proprietor shall
forfeit and
pay a sum not exceeding twenty pounds current money, and also shall be
liable
to action of the party grieved for damages sustained by occasion of such
warehouse
to be out of repair as aforesaid; and any inspector knowing the warehouse
of which he is an inspector to be out of repair as aforesaid, and not informing
some judge or justices, or grand jury, of the same, shall forfeit a sum
not exceeding
twenty pounds current money. |
Justices and
inspectors to
meet, &c. |
XLV. And be
it enacted, That the bond taken by the justices aforesaid, shall
be lodged by them, within twenty days thereafter, with the clerk of their
respective
counties, to be by him safely kept. |
Bonds to be
lodged with
county clerks,
&c. |
XLVI. And be
it enacted, That if either of the said two justices of the peace
shall omit or neglect the duty enjoined and required, as to the making
the contracts, |
Penalty on
neglect, &c. |
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