| 1791.
CHAP.
XLVI. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
opinion the said inspectors merit an additional allowance for their
services, not
exceeding one hundred pounds current money, any law to the contrary in
anywise
notwithstanding. |
Passed December
27. |
CHAP. XLVII.
A Supplement to an act, entitled, An act to revive and aid the
proceedings of Harford county court, and for other purposes. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS the justices of Harford county court did
not meet for the
purpose of taking bond from the sheriff of said county, and his securities,
in pursuance of the act of the present session, entitled, An act
to revive and aid the proceedings of Harford county court, and for other
purposes, |
Justices to
meet, &c. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the justices of Harford
county court, or the chief justice alone, or the two associates, be and
they are
hereby authorised and required to meet, and hold a court, on the fourth
Wednesday
of this present month of December, and the same, if necessary, to adjourn
from day
to day, for the purpose of taking bond from the sheriff of the said county,
and his
securities; and if the said justices, or the chief justice alone, or the
two associates,
shall not meet and hold a court on the day aforesaid, in such case they,
or the said
chief justice alone, or the said associates, shall be and they are hereby
authorised
and required to meet and hold a court on the day next following the
said fourth
Wednesday, and the same, if necessary, to adjourn from day to day for the
purpose
aforesaid; and any bond taken from the said sheriff, and his securities,
in
virtue of this act, shall be good and available in law, to all intents
and purposes. |
Passed December
27. |
CHAP. XLVIII.
An ACT for the benefit of William Wirt. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition of
William Wirt, a minor, that he is the youngest son of Jacob Wirt,
deceased, and entitled, by the last will and testament of his father,
to one moiety of a house and lot in Bladensburgh, in Prince-George's county,
known by the name of the Brick Store; that he has received a classical
education,
and is now engaged in the study of the law, but his personal estate, with
the
annual value of his real estate, are insufficient to enable him to prosecute
his
studies with any advantage; and it is prayed by the sid William Wirt, with
the
consent of his nearest friend, and those interested in the other moiety
of the sid
house and lot, that a law should pass appointing trustees to sell and dispose
his
moiety of the sid house and lot, and to apply the same to the finishing
his
education, |
Trustees appointed,
&c. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Joseph Hall
and WIlliam Pitt Huntt be and they are hereby appointed trustees to sell
and
dispose of the said William Wirt's moiety or interest of and in a lot and
house in
Bladensburgh, in Prince-George's county, devised to the said William
Wirt by
his father Jacob Wirt, with full power to execute a deed of conveyance
for the
same, and the monies arising therefrom to apply towards the education
and use
of the said William Wirt; provided the said Joseph Hall and William Pitt
Huntt shall enter into bond, with security, to be approved of by the orphans
court of Prince-George's county, for the faithful compliance with the direction
of this act, and for the application of the monies as aforesaid; and provided,
that nothing in this act shall be taken or construed to affect the right
of any
other person to the said moiety of the said lot and house, or any part
thereof,
other than the said WIlliam Wirt, or those claiming under him. |
Passed December
27. |
CHAP. XLIX.
An ACT to prevent abuses in making of bricks, and to ascertain
the dimensions thereof. |
Bricks to be
burnt in kilns,
&c. |
BE it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That after the passing
this act, all bricks made for sale within the city of Annapolis, or
within
five miles thereof, shall be burnt in kilns, or in distinct clamps, the
place |
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