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JOHN EAGER HOWARD, Esquire, Governor.
XII. And be it
enacted, That the said electors shall receive the same per diem
allowance, and itinerant charges, as are allowed to members of the
general assembly. |
1790.
CHAP.
XVI.
Their allowance. |
XIII. And,
whereas it may happen, that in the election of representatives two
or more persons may have an equal number of votes, and that in the
election of
electors, residents of the western shore, six or more persons residing
on that shore
may have an equal number of votes, and in the election of electors,
residents of
the eastern shore, four or more persons residing on that shore may
have an equal
number of votes, Be it enacted,
That in each of the said cases, the governor and
council shall determine by lot, from the candidates, who shall be the
representatives,
and in the same manner from the candidates for electors residing on
the
western and eastern shores respectively, having an equal number of
votes as aforesaid,
who shall be the electors for the said shore. |
Governor and
council to determine
by
lot, &c. |
XIV. And be
it enacted, That if a vacancy or vacancies shall happen in the
representation of this state in the house of representatives in the
congress of the
United States, by death, resignation, disqualification or otherwise,
the governor
and council shall issue writs of election to the district where such
vacancy shall
happen, to fill the same in the manner herein before prescribed. |
How vacancies
are to be
filled. |
XV. And be it
enacted, That in case any of the elections held in consequence
of this act, shall be at a different time from that on which the elections
shall be
held for delegates to the general assembly, the sheriffs of the respective
counties,
and the commissioners of Baltimore-town, shall have the same allowance
for
holding the elections under this act, as by law is given to them for
holding the
election for delegates to the general assembly, and which said allowance
shall be
paid in the same manner as the allowance for holding the elections
for delegates to
the general assembly. |
Sheriffs, &c.
to be allowed,
&c. |
XVI. And be
it enacted, That the act, entitled, An act directing the time,
places and manner, of holding elections for representatives of this
state in the congress
of the United States, and for appointing electors on the part of this
state for
choosing a president and vice-president of the United States, and for
the regulation
of the said elections, be and is hereby repealed. |
An act repealed. |
CHAP. XVII
An ACT to enable the commissioners of Hanover market, in Baltimore-town,
to sell part of the said market-house and ground
thereto adjoining. |
Passed December
14. |
WHEREAS John Eager Howard, William Hammond, William
Goodwin,
Lyde Goodwin, and Leonard Harbaugh, of Baltimore county,
by their petition to this general assembly have set forth, that they,
together with a certain Jonathan Hudson, deceased, were appointed commissioners
for the erecting and building a market-house at the west end of the
bason of Baltimore-town;
that the funds for the building of the said market-house have been
insufficient to defray the expences thereof, whereby they have incurred,
and are
personally liable for, a large debt; and have prayed that they may
be empowered
to sell part of the said market-house and the ground adjoining thereto,
for the purpose
of discharging the said debt; and this general assembly thinking the
prayer
of the said petition just and reasonable; therefore, |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by
the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said John
Eager Howard, William Hammond, William Goodwin, Lyde Goodwin, and
Leonard Harbaugh, and the survivors of them, be, and they are hereby,
authorised
and empowered to sell and convey, in fee-simple, for life, years, or
otherwise,
such parts of the said market-house, and the ground thereto adjoining,
as
will be sufficient to discharge all debts which may have been incurred
by the
commissioners aforesaid in purchasing ground for the said market-house,
and
erecting the same thereon, and the money arising from such sale shall
be by |
J. E. Howard,
&c. authorised
to
sell, &c. |
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