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CHAP.
LXI. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
or inspectors of the respective warehouses to inform against any
proprietor suffering the 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 justice, or grand
jury, of the same, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds current
money. |
Bonds to be
lodged with
county clerks,
&c. |
XLIV. And be
it enacted, That the bonds taken by the justices aforesaid,
shall be lodged by them, within twenty days thereafter, with the
clerk or their respective counties, to be by him safely kept. |
Penalty on
justices for
neglect, &c. |
XLV. 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 and taking and lodging the bonds aforesaid, he shall
forfeit and pay the sum of twenty pounds current money. |
Sums contracted
for to
be allowed in
the county
charges, &c. |
XLVI. And be
it enacted, That any sum of money the said two justices
aforesaid may contract for as aforesaid, shall be allowed in the next county
assessment after the performance of such contract, and shall be deducted
out
of the money arising due for the rent of the warehouse for which such
money may be paid, until the county shall be fully reimbursed. |
Justices to
have full
power, &c. |
XLVII. And be
it enacted, That the justices of each respective county
shall have full, subsisting, and continuing powers, at all times of the
year,
to put in execution so much of this act as relates to building, enlarging
and repairing, public warehouses, and to direct the making of wharfs, the
building, enlarging and repairing, any warehouses for the respective inspections
appointed in virtue of this act, from time to time, as to them
shall seem necessary; and in case the proprietor, or guardian, husband
or
attorney, of the proprietor, of any warehouse, or any other person concerned
therein, shall refuse or neglect to make such buildings, additions,
repairs, or other necessary conveniences, as shall or may be wanting at
any
other times of the year, and such as the said justices shall direct, it
shall
and may be lawful for the said justices, and they are hereby required,
to
have the same done at the expence of the county; and the justices of
such county shall receive so much of the rent of the said warehouse of
the
inspectors, which they are hereby directed to with-hold from the proprietors,
and obliged to pay to the justices, as will reimburse the county the
charges of such buildings, additions and repairs; and if upon application
of the inspectors to the justices aforesaid, for building, enlarging
or repairing,
any warehouses or wharfs, such justices shall refuse or delay to do
their duty therein, every justice, so neglecting or refusing, shall forfeit
five pounds current money. |
When warehouses
have
been repaired
at the expence
of the county,
justices to receive
the rent,
&c. |
XLVIII. And
be it enacted, That in all cases under the late inspection
law, where the owners or proprietors of warehouses have given the same
up to be repaired at the expence of the county, or where warehouses have
been built at the expence of the county, and the rents already received
have not reimbursed the money advanced in building or repairing such
warehouses, the justices of the said counties shall receive the rents of
all
such warehouses from the inspector or inspectors under the present act,
until the whole money advanced as aforesaid, and interest thereon, shall
be repaid. |
New inspectors
to make
out manifests,
&c. |
XLIX. And be
it enacted, That when and as often as a new inspector
or inspectors shall be appointed in the place of the inspector or inspectors
who served at the same warehouse the preceding year, the said new inspector
or inspectors shall, within ten days after he or they shall be qualified
to serve as an inspector or inspectors, make out two fair manifests |
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