1827

LAWS OF MARYLAND,

CHAP. 139

ted, in the same manner as certified copies of other records art
evidence

Legal title — loca-
tion— exception

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in the event of an appeal
and the inquisition of a jury, as provided by this act, the
amount of damages for the land or real estate, and improve-
ments, so valued and assessed as aforesaid being paid, or of-
fered to he paid as aforesaid, the said trustees in their corpo-
rate character as aforesaid, shall thence forward forever there-
after be considered the lawful owner of the said land and im-
provements as aforesaid, and all right, title, interest and estate
therein, at law or in equity ,shall be vested in the said trustees
for the purpose aforesaid, Provided, That it shall not be law-
ful to locate the said site within the cultivated fields, orchards
or gardens, nor within a quarter of a mile of any dwelling of
any person or persons whatever, without the assent of the
proprietor of such field, orchard, garden, or dwelling, as the
case tnay be.

CHAPTER 140.

Passed March 8,
1828

An act for the Education of the indigent Deaf and Dumb of
this State.

Levy court direct
ed

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
it shall be, and is hereby made the duty of the levy courts
and the county commissioners of the several counties of this
state, and of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, to en-
quire into and make a return on the first Monday in May an-
nually, of the names of all the indigent deaf and dumb white
persons, of sound mind, in their respective counties and city,
from twelve to twenty-five years of age, to the Governor of
this state, who is hereby authorised and required to draw

Governor empow-
ered to draw on
Treasurer — condi
tions - directions

his warrant on the treasurer of the Western Shore for a sum
nut exceeding one hundred and sixty dollars, for each of the
said persons whose parent, guardian, or other person having
the care of the same, shall permit to be removed to the Penn-
sylvania institution for the deaf and dumb, to be there edu-
cated; one half of the said sum to be paid to the president of
said institution at the expiration of the term of six months,
and the other at the end of the year in which any indigent
pupil from this state, shall have been instructed, and the Go-
vernor shall have power to draw on the said treasurer for the
expenses necessarily incurred in transporting and returning
the said persons: Provided, That the sum so to be drawn from
the treasury, shall in no one year exceed the sum of three
thousand five hundred dollars; And provided also, That no one
scholar shall be taught at the expense of the state, more than
fve years; And provided further. That each county returning
deaf and dumb persons under the conditions of this act, shall
be entitled to have at least one person sent to said institution;
land in the event of the levy court or county commissioners
of any one or more of the counties, or the mayor and city