JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR NOVEMBER

1001.

VIII, AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the duty of said trustees, before the sale or dis-
posal of any ticket in said lottery, to lodge such bond in the clerk's office of Saint-Mary's county,
there to be recorded, and upon such bond, or any office copy thereof, suit or suits may be insti-
tuted against the said trustees, or their successors, for any breach or non-compliance with the
condtioin of the same.

C H A P. LXXIIL

CHAP,
LXXII.

Bond to be
lodged, &c.

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An ACT to correct a mistake in the beginning of lot number three
thousand two hundred and eighty- seven of the lands lying west-
ward of Fort Cumberland.

Passed 31st of
Dec. 1801.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition of John Simkins, that
a patent has been granted to him for a lot of land lying westward of Fort Cumberland, dis-
tinguished on the plot by lot number three thousand two hundred and eighty-seven, and that the
surveyor in making a return of the courses of the said lot has represented the same to begin at the
end of the first line of lot three thousand two hundred and eighty-six, instead of beginning at the
end of the first line of lot three thousand two hundred and eighty-five; and the facts stated in the
said petition appearing to be true, therefore,

Preamble,

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the register of the land-office for
the western shore be and he is hereby authorised, empowered and directed, to correct the mistake
made by the surveyor in his return of the courses of the said lot number three thousand two hun-
dred and eighty-seven, by altering the said return, and also to correct the patent for, and record
of, the same, so as to make the said lot begin at the end of the first line of lot number three thou-
sand two hundred and eighty-five, instead of beginning at the end of the first line of lot three thou-
sand two hundred and eighty-six, as it now stands; provided, that nothing herein contained shall
affet the right of any other person

C H A P. LXXIV.

Mistake to be
corrected, &c.

An ACT relative to the administration of justice in this state and
to repeal the ads of assembly therein mentioned.

Passed 31st of
Dec. 1801.

BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That this state shall be divided into five
districts, to be numbered and distinguished as follows ; that is to say, Saint-Mary's, Calvert,
Prince-George's and Charles counties, shall be the first district; Caecil, Kent, Queen-Anne's and
Talbot counties, shall be the second district; Anne-Arundel, Baltimore and Harford counties,
shall be the third district ; Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Worcester counties, shall be the
fourth district; and Washington, Frederick, Montgomery and Allegany counties, shall be the
fifth district.

State divided
into districts.

II. AND BE IT ENACTED, That county courts shall be held in each county within the said dis-
tricts, and shall commence and be held as follows, to wit : Saint-Mary's county on the first Mon-
days in March and August; in Galvert county on the fourth Mondays in April and September
In Prince-George's county on the first Mondays in April and September ; in Charles county on the
third Mondays in March and August; in Csecil county on the first Monday in March and first
Monday in August ; in Kent county on the third Monday in March and second Monday in Octo-
ber ; in Queen-Anne's county on the first Monday in May and fourth Monday in October ; in Tal-
bot county , on the fourth Monday in May and second Monday in November; in Anne-Arundel
county on the third Mondays in April and September ; in Baltimore county on the first Monday in
February, first Monday in June, and third Monday in November; in Harford county on the third
Mondays in March and August ; in Caroline county on the first Monday in March and second
Monday in October; In Dorchester .county on the third Monday in March and fourth Monday in
October; in Somerset county on the second Mondays in May and November ; in Worcester coun-
ty on the second Mondays in February and August; in Washington county on the third Monday
in February and third Monday in August; in Frederick county on the first Monday in February
and first Monday in August ; in Montgomery county on the first Mondays in March and Novem-
ber ; and in Ailegany .county on the third Monday in April and third Monday in October.

When courts
are to be held,

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the governor and the council be authorised and requested to
appoint and commission, for each of the said districts, one person of integrity, experience, and
R sound

Governor, &c.,
to appoint jus-
tices. &c.