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JOHN EAGER HOWARD, Esquire, Governor.
without delay, deliver all such public letters and packets as may be
directed to
any person or persons residing in his county to such person or persons,
and take
a receipt for the same, and shall, without delay, deliver all such public
letters
and packets as may be directed to any person or persons residing in Charles
and
Saint-Mary's counties, to the sheriff of Charles county, and take a receipt
for
the same; and the sheriff of Charles county shall, without delay, deliver
all such
public letters and packets as may be directed to any person or persons
residing in
his county to such person or persons, and take a receipt for the same,
and shall,
without delay, deliver all such letters and packets as may be directed
to any person
or persons in Saint-Mary's county, to the sheriff of sid county, and take
a
receipt for the same; and the sheriff of Saint-Mary's county shall, without
delay,
deliver all such public letters and packets as may be directed to any person
or
persons residing in his county to such person or persons, and take
a receipt for
the same; and the sheriff of Prince-George's county shall, without delay,
deliver
all such public letters and packets as may be directed to any person or
persons residing
in Montgomery county, to the sheriff of Montgomery county, and take a
receipt for the same; and the sheriff of Montgomery county shall, without
delay,
deliver all such public letters and packets as may be directed to any person
or
persons residing in his county, and take a receipt for the same; and the
sheriff of
Anne-Arundel county shall, without delay, deliver all such public letters
and
packets as may be directed to any person or persons residing in Baltimore,
Harford,
Frederick, Washington, and Allegany counties, to the sheriff of Baltimore
county, and take a receipt for the same; and the sheriff of Baltimore county
shall, without delay, deliver all such public letters and packets as may
be directed
to any person or persons residing in his county to such person or persons,
and
take a receipt for the same, and shall, without delay, deliver all
such public letters
and packets as may be directed to any person or persons residing in
Harford
county, to the sheriff of Harford county, and take a receipt for the same;
and
the sheriff of Harford county shall, without delay, deliver all such public
letters
and packets directed to any person or persons residing in his county to
such person
or persons, and take a receipt for the same; and the sheriff of Baltimore
county shall, without delay, deliver all such public letters and packets
as may be
directed to any person or persons residing in Frederick, Washington, and
Allegany
counties, to the sheriff of Frederick county, and take a receipt for the
same;
and the sheriff of Frederick county shall, without delay, deliver all such
public
letters and packets to any person or persons residing in his county to
such person
or persons, and take a receipt for the same; and shall, without delay,
deliver all
such public letters and packets as may be directed to any person or
persons residing
in Washington and Allegany counties, to the sheriff of Washington county,
and take a receipt for the same; and the sheriff of Washington county shall,
without delay, deliver all such public letters and packets as may be
directed to
any person or persons residing in his county to such person or persons,
and take
a receipt for the same, and shall, without delay, deliver all such public
letters and
packets as may be directed to any person or persons residing in Allegany
county,
to the sheriff of Allegany county, and take a receipt for the same, and
the sheriff
of Allegany shall, without delay, deliver all such public letters and
packets as may be directed to any person or persons residing in his county
to
such person or persons, and take a receipt for the same. |
1790.
CHAP.
LI. |
VIII. And,
to enforce the due execution of this act, Be
it enacted, That all
sheriffs receiving such public letters or packets, shall endorse, on the
back thereof,
the time they received the same, and shall give receipts, when required,
with the
time of delivery therein mentioned, and shall, in all things, comply
with the
directions herein before contained, under the penalty of fifty pounds current
money
for every neglect or refusal, to be recovered and applied as heretofore
by law
is directed; and such sheriff shall not be entitled to the reward herein
after given
them, without producing to the committee of claims the receipts by this
act enjoined
to be taken, any thing to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. |
Sheriffs to endorse
the time
of receipt,
&c. |
