1801.

NOVEMBER. LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP.
LXIII.

LIV. AND, whereas the justices of the levy court of Baltimore county, in virtue of the powers
vested in them by an act, entitled, An additional supplement to an act entitled, An act to regu-
late the inspection of tobacco, passed at November session, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine,

Proprietors to
receive one
dollar, &c.

have contracted with James Galhoun for the erection of ah additional warehouse for the inspedtion
of tobacco in the city of Baltimore, BE IT ENACTED, That the proprietor or proprietors of the
said warehouse, when erected, shall receive at the rate of one dollar on each hogshead of tobacco
therein inspected, as a compensation for the expence of erecting and keeping in repair said ware-
house, and in lieu of rent, to be paid before such hogshead be removed, and for any tobacco that
may remain in the said warehouse more than one year, the further sum of twelve and an half cents
per month thereafter for each and every hogshead so remaining.

Justices to re-
commend per-
sons, &c.

LV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the justices of the levy court of -said county, or a majority of
them, shall, when the said warehouse is erected and fit to receive tobacco, nominate and recom-
mend to the governor and council three or five persons, in their discretion, of whom the governor,
with the advice of the council, if three persons are nominated, shall appoint and commission one,
and if five persons are nominated, two, to be inspector or inspedtors of said warehouse, in the
manner directed by this act, and the said levy court shall ascertain his or their salaries, and pro-
vide weights and scales at the expence of the, proprietor or proprietors aforesaid ; and that the
said warehouse, when so erected, shall be in all respects under the same regulations as other ware-
houses in Baltimore county, except the building and keeping the same in repair, which shall be
done at the expence of the proprietor or proprietors.

Inspectors to
account, &c.

LVI. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the inspector or inspectors appointed for the said warehouse
shall, every three months, account for all monies received by him or them for storage of tobacco
as aforesaid, and pay the same to the proprietor or proprietors of the said warehouse.

Acts repealed.

LVII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That an act, entitled. An act to regulate the inspection of to-
bacco, passed at November session, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and the several
supplements thereto, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Duration.

LVIII. This act to continue until the thirtieth day of October, one thousand eight hundred
and five, and until the end of the next session of assembly which shall happen thereafter.

C H A P LVIV

Passed 31st of
Dec. 1801.

A Supplement to the ad, entitled, An act to provide for the ap-
pointment of commissioners for the regulation and improvement
of Cambridge, in Dorchester county, and to establish and regu-
late a market in said town.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the memorial of the commissioners
of the town of Cambridge, that they have contracted with William Bond Martin for a part
of Market -street, in the said town, and have received from him the purchase money agreed to be
paid for the same, and it is prayed that an act may pass confirming the said sale and the title of
the said William Bond Martin to the part of the said lot so purchased by him: And whereas the
said commissioners have also prayed for such a reasonable extension of their powers as will enable
them more effectually to accomplish and promote the clue regulation and improvement of the said
town; therefore,

Sale confirmed,
&c.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said sale so made as aforesaid
by the commissioners of the town of Cambridge to William Bond Martin, of a part of Market-
street, in the said town, be and the same is hereby confirmed and made valid, and the said com-
missioners, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to make a deed to the
said William Bond Martin for the parcel of ground so sold to him according to the terms of their
contract, which deed shall be good and effectual to vest in the said William Bond Martin a good
legal title to the said parcel of ground, according to the tenor thereof.

Commission-
ers to levy a
tax, &c.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners of the said town shall have power and
authority to assess and levy an annual tax of fifty cents for every dog, and the sum of one dollar
for every bitch, belonging to any of the inhabitants of the said town, and the said commissioners
shall direct the respective taxes to be collected by the bailiff of the said town from the owner of
such