1835,

LAWS OF MARYLAND,

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the

CHAP. 266

To report

duty of the said Commissioners or a majority of them,

to report their proceedings and the amount of money

contracted by them, to be paid to the person or persons

for the aforesaid lot or lots of ground, and materials

for building and completing said wharves, and the

amount agreed to he paid to the person or persons wh\o

may he employed to build or complete said wharves,

also the cost of' the ferry boat and rope to be used upon

said ferry, to the Levy court of Worcester county.

Court to levy

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That the Levy court of

Worcester county, are hereby authorised and required

to levy upon the assessable property of said county,

the amount returned to them by the commissioners afore-

said, according to the fourth section of this act.

Sell to lowest bid-

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the Levy court of

der

Worcester county, be, and they fire hereby directed to

offer the contract to the lowest bidder, at public auc-

tion, at the court house door, in the town of Snowhill,

in said county, for keeping said ferry annually, and

allow the person or persons keeping the same, such

compensation as the said ferry may be bid off at.

CHAPTER 266.

Passed Mar.30, 1836

An act for the benefit of Violettee Boston, Anthony Bos-

ton, Mary Boston, Susan Boston, Daniel Boston,

Jane Boston, Bally Boston and Eliza, Boston.

Preamble

WHEREAS, Peter Boston, a free man of color late

of Anne Arundel county, purchased of Willam O'

Hara, as administrator of Samuel Knighton, a colour-

ed woman named Maria and her children, Violcttee,

Anthony and Mary, being his wife and children, and

the said woman Maria after the said purchase had the

following children, viz: Susan, Daniel, Jane, Sally

and Eliza, also the children of the said Peter Boston,

and has since departed this life, and whereas the said

Peter Boston, died in the month of January last with-

out manumitting his children aforesaid, as it was his

intention so to do: — Therefore,