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Dec. Ses. 1825. |
JOS. KENT, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
as they may severally be entitled to receive for their attendance
at said court as jurors. |
| Certificates. |
5. And be it enacted, That a certificate
signed by the clerks
of the county court expressing the number of days which any
juryman may have attended said court, and the sum due to
him for such attendance shall be a sufficient authority to the said
collector to pay the amount so specified in the said certificate. |
| Annual settlement. |
6. And be it enacted, That the said
collector shall annually
settle his account with the said levy court for the moneys which
he may have collected under the provisions of this act, and pay
over to the said levy court any surplus remaining in his hands,
which surplus, if any, shall be applied to county uses. |
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Passed Feb.
20, 1826. |
CHAPTER 87.
An act for the benefit of
Catharine Bentz, of Washington county. |
| Divorce. |
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland,
That Catharine Bentz, of Washington county, be, and she is
hereby divorced from bed, board and mutual cohabitation with
her husband Adam Bentz. |
Authority
annulled; capability
granted. |
2. And be it enacted, That all the
right, title, interest and
claim which the said Adam Bentz, by virtue of his marriage
with the said Catharine Bentz, hath acquired in, and to any property,
real, personal or mixed, which she now is or hereafter
may become entitled to in any manner whatever, be, and the
same is hereby revoked, rescinded, annulled and repealed:
And that the said Catharine Bentz, be, and she is hereby declared
capable to have, hold, take, receive, sue for and recover
by compromise, suit or suits at law or in equity, all such property
in as full and ample a manner as if she were a feme sole, and
had never been married; and to hold and enjoy the same for
her own use and benefit, and the same to dispose of according to
her will and pleasure, without the molestation, interference,
hindrance or consent of her said husband, in the same manner
as she could or might do, if she were a feme sole. |
| Liability annulled. |
3. And be it enacted, That the said
Adam Bentz, shall not be
liable for any debts which may be contrated by the said Catharine
Bentz, after the passage of this act. |
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Passed Feb.
20, 1826. |
CHAPTER 88.
An act for the benefit of the infant heirs of John Cole. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS, It has been represented to this General
Assembly,
by the petition of Ann Watts Cole, Violetta Owin Cole, Elizabeth |
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