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Dec. Ses. 1825. |
JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
obtained in writing, of a majority of all the full resident
members of the said academy, and that any such transfer or
alienation in order to take effect, must be signed and sealed by
all the officers of the corporation for the time being. |
Free from
taxes. |
4. And be it enacted, That the hall
or halls of audience and
of meeting of the said academy, and the furniture of the same,
and their collection of books, maps, charts, drawings, plans,
models, minerals, fossils and other specimens of art and nature,
of whatever kind, shall be free from all taxes and public
dues of every kind. |
Meet in city
of Baltimore;
appoint officers—
honorary
members. |
5. And be it enacted, That the meetings
of said academy shall
be held in the city of Baltimore, and the said city shall be the
seat of the academy; and the said company shall have power to
appoint by election or otherwise, according to the provisions of
the bye-laws such and so many officers, ad under such denominations
as they may think proper, and also to appoint honorary
members of the said academy, throughout this state, the United
States, and foreign states, under such regulations, and with
such privileges in the said academy as they may think proper
from time to time to grant. |
Duration 50
years. |
6. And be it enacted, That this act
shall be in force for fifty
years from the date hereof, and from that time until the same be
repealed. |
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Passed Feb.
28, 1826. |
CHAPTER 124.
An
act for the relief of James B. Robins of Worcester County. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS, James B. Robins, of Worcester county, by
his petition
to this general assembly, hath set forth that whilst guardian
to his nephew John L. B. Robins, in the year eighteen
hundred and nineteen, be discovered a small vacancy contiguous
to, and interfering with the lands of his ward, and obtained a
warrant for, and made a survey of the said vacant lands, paid
the caution money and confided in Mitchel Gray Esquire, the
surveyor of the county, to make the proper return of the said
certificate to the land office in due time, and that the said Mitchel
Gray Esqr. died without having made said return, And whereas,
the said James B. Robins, by his said petition hath prayed
this general assembly to pass a special act by which he may be
permitted to return the said certificate and complete his title to
the said lands for the benefit of his said nephew, therefore; |
| Limit of fine. |
Sec. 1. Be it enacted
by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall and may be lawful for James B. Robins, within six
months from and after the passage of this act to return to the
land office of the Eastern Shore, a certificate bearing date on
the twenty-seventh day of April eighteen hundred and nineteen,
of two parcels of land called number one and number two, lying
and being in Worcester county, containing in all, eight acres of |
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