1827

LAWS OF MARYLAND,

CHAP. 167 Passed March 3. 1828,	CHAPTER 167. A supplement to the act entitled an act, to provide for electing Commissioners for Baltimore County, and prescribing their powers and duties, passed at December Session, eighteen hunted and twenty -six, chapter two hundred and seventeen.
Property & funds of Baltimore coun- ty vested.	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary- land, That all the property and funds of every kind, belong- ing to, or in possession of Baltimore county, (comprehend- ing therein the city of Baltimore,) or appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated to the use or purpose of said county, be, and the same is hereby vested in the commission- ers of Baltimore countv, and the mayor and city council of Baltimore, for the time being, in equal and undivided moie-
Poor house &c ex- cepted.	ties, as tenants in common: Provided, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed to repeal, or otherwise to interfere with the provisions of an act, entitled an act, to incorporate the trustees for the poor of Baltimore city and county, passed December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, chapter one hundred and sixty-seven.
Suits authorised jointly of commis- sioners of Balti- more county, and Mayor and City council.	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any suit or suits may hereafter be instituted in the names of the commissioners of Baltimore county, and the mayor and city council of Balti- more, jointly, for the recovery of any property or claims be- longing to the county and city jointly as aforesaid, or for damages for any injury done to the said property; and indict- ments may be maintained for any injury or nuisance done or committed to suchproperty. stating the same to be the property of the commissioners of Baltimore county, and the mayor and city council of Baltimore.
Joint interests se- cure	SEC. 3. And be, it enacted, That all Tents, dividends or in- terest, which have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, or be- come payable from or out of the aforesaid property, or any part thereof, shall belong to, and the same is hereby declared to belong and be payable to the commissioners of Baltimore county, and the mayor and city council of Baltimore, in equal moieties. for the use of the county, (exclusive of the city), and of the city respectively; and the same may be recovered by suit, action or otherwise, in the joint names of the said commissioners of Baltimore county, and the mayor and city council of Baltimore.
Joint expenses of county court	SEC, 4. And be it, enacted, That any and every expense, which has accrued or been occasioned, or which may hereafter accrue or be occasioned, in the administration of justice in Baltimore county court, and which was heretofore a joint charge upon the city and county of Baltimore, shall hereafter be ascertained and certified by the said court to the commis- sioners of Baltimore county, and to the mayor and city coun- cil of Baltimore in such manner, that the proportions proper- ly chargeable to the said county and city respectively, having regard to the quantity of business transacted therein for the said county and city, shall appear, and which shall be borne and paid accordingly .