JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR, NOVEMBER.

1801.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by, the General Assembly of Maryland, That the sheriff of Baltimore county
shall, on or before the second day of April next, at some convenient place near the premises, to
be notified and appointed by the said sheriff, alter having given at least ten days notice in one of
the news-papers of the city of Baltimore, summon twelve freeholders, inhabitants of the said city,
not interested in the premises; and the said-jury, when so met, (and having individually taken an
oath or affirmation, as the case may require, faithfully and impartially to do and perform all the
duties imposed upon them by this act to the best of their skill and knowledge,) shall proceed to as-
sess and impose what damage shall be paid by every person or persons holding houses or lots in,
and upon Second-street, between Frederick-street and the market-space, and on persons holding
houses or lots on Water-street, and who have been benefitted by the opening and extension of
Second-street to the market-space, to the person or persons who have heretofore been assessed to
pay damage for opening and extending Second-street from South-street to the market-space, in
proportion as such person or persons on Second-street between Frederick-street and the market-
space and on Water-street are benefitted, and in proportion as the person or persons between
South-street and Frederick-street and on South-street have heretofore been compelled to pay; and
the names of the person or persons, and the sums of money which they shall respectively be
obliged to pay, and which they shall be entitled to receive, shall be returned, under their hands
and seals, to the register of the said city, to be filed and kept in his office ; and the person or per-
sons assessed as aforesaid shall respectively pay the sum or sums of money so charged and assessed
to be paid by him or them, with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent, from the time limitted
for. the payment thereof by the said jury, to the person or persons to whom the same is directed
to be paid.

CHAP.

LXXXI.
Sheriff to sum-
mon freehold-
ers, &c,

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the sum or sums of money imposed and assessed upon any per-
son or persons in virtue of this act, shall be a lien upon, and bind the property of, such person or
persons, who shall, by the jury aforesaid, be assessed to pay the same,

CHAP, LXXXII.

Sum assessed
to be a lien,
&c.

An ACT for the relief of Elizabeth Townsend, and the heirs of
Levin Townsend, of Worcester county.

Passed 31st of
Dec. 1801,

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, that Levin Townsend, late of Worces-
ter county, died intestate, leaving a widow and six small children, to wit : Eliza, Eleanor,
Maria, Jenny, Sally and Matilda, all minors, and the estate of the said Levin being involved, to
near or quite the amount of the personal estate of the said Levin, the property consisting chiefly
of a considerable real estate, the greatest part of which is uncultivated, and consequently unpro-
ductive, and the petition of Elizabeth Townsend, widow and relict of the said Levin Townsend,
setting forth, that eighty-six acres of land, part of the property of the said Levin, being detached
and cut off from the original tract by a six feet ditch, and a road on the bank thereof, the ditch
and road aforesaid being granted by virtue of a commission from the court of Worcester county :
And whereas it is also represented, that many advantages would result to the representatives of
the said Levin by being empowered to sell the eighty-six acres of land detached as aforesaid,
whereby the personal estate, consisting of labouring negroes, may be preserved and kept for the
benefit of the children of the said Levin, in educating and maintaining them, but if the said ne-
groes should be sold instead of the land, it would reduce the .said Elizabeth and her children to
circumstances truly deplorable, and without means of support; and it appearing reasonable that if
the eighty-six acres of land aforesaid was sold, and the money arising thereon applied in dis-
charging the claims and demands against the estate of the said Levin, that the personal estate of
the said Levin would be preserved, and of course afford means of subsistence to the said Eliza-
beth and her children, therefore.

Preamble,

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the orphans court of Worcester
county shall have full power and authority, upon application of the said Elizabeth, and on the part
of the children of the said Levin, and being satisfied that it is necessary and will be of advantage
to the heirs of the said Levin, to order the sale of the said eighty-six acres of land, so detached
as aforesaid, upon such terms as the said court may think proper, and to appoint a trustee or trus-
tees for the purpose of effecting such sale or sales.

Court may or-
der a sale, &c

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That any sale or sales made by the authority of the orphans court
of the said county under this act, shall be notified to, and confirmed by, the orphans court afore-
said, before any conveyance of the property shalf be made, and bond, with good and sufficient se-
X curity,

Sale to be no-
tified, &c.