1803.

NOVEMBER, LAWS OF M A R Y L A N D

CHAP.
XCII.

time, that other county charges are laid, levied and collected. with the usual commissison for col,
letting the same.

Persons may
appeal.

XXXV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That any person whose property shall be valued by a, collec-
tor, or deputy-collector, as aforesaid, shall have the same right to appeal that is granted to other
persons assessed under this act.

Lists to be
made out, &.c.

XXXVI. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the registers of the land-offices on the western and eastern
shores respectively, shall annually, between the first day of March and the first day of May, make
out, for the commissioners of the tax for the county or counties where such lands may lie, a list of
all certificates which have become ready for patent, expressing the name of the land, the quantity ic
contains, and the person who is entitled to patent, and in case of resurvey, shall express the names
of the original tracts, and quantity of vacancy added.

Clerks to make
out lists, &c.

XXXVII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the clerk of the general court of the western and eastern
shore respectively, shall be and they are hereby directed and required, on or before the first dav of
May next, to make out, from the records of deeds enrolled at length among the records of their
respective courts, lists of the alienations of all land thereby granted, bargained or sold, since the
last list of alienations by them respectively made out and forwarded, which list shall express the
names of the bargainer or grantor, or bargainers or grantors, bargainee or grantee, or bargainees or
grantees, of the land, and the quantity of acres the same may contain, and shall enclose and direct
the same, under seal, to the commissioners of the tax of the county where such lands may lie, to be
forwarded as other public letters are by law directed to be forwarded, and under the like penalties ;
and the clerks oF the general court of the western and eastern shores respectively shall, annually
thereafter, between the first day of March and the first day of May, in like manner make out from
the records of deeds as aforesaid, lists of the alienations of all lands which shall from time to time
be granted, bargained or sold, and recorded, to be directed, delivered and forwarded, in like manner.

Lists to be en-
closed, &c.

XXXVIIL AND BE IT ENACTED, That the register of the land-office for the western shore shall
enclose and deliver the list made out as aforesaid, direcled to the commissioners of the tax for the
respective counties, endorsed oa public service, to the sheriff of Anne-Arundel county, to be by
him transmitted as public letters; and the register of the eastern shore land-office shall enclose and
deliver the list made out as aforesaid, endorsed in like manner, to the sheriff of Talbot county,
who shall transmit the same as public letters to the respective counties.

Register's al-
lowance.

XXXIX, AND BE IT ENACTED, That the register of the land-office for the western shore shall
be entitled to receive thirty dollars every year for his services under this act, and the register of the
eastern shore twenty dollars for his services under this act, to be paid annually by the treasurer of
the respective shores, out of any unappropriated monies in the treasury.

Rules to be ob-
served, &c.

XL. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners, in estimating estates and interests in lands
and town lots, shall observe the following rules, to wit: That; all lands held and enjoyed immediate-
ly by tenants in fee-simple absolute, or fee-simple conditional, or executory, fee-tail, in dower, by
the courtesy, for life, or for years, without any valuable rent reserved, shall be wholly valued to

such tenants

Tenant paving
may have his
action, &c.

XLI. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the tenant or person holding any lease estate shall pay the
public the sum valued for the estate or interest oF any landlord, the person so paying may have his
or her action against the lessor, or his heirs, executors or administrators, for the sum of money he
shall so pay, as for money paid for his use, or may deduct the money so paid, or any part thereof,
out of any rent reserved upon his tenancy, unless otherwise agreed between the lessor and lessee.

Sections repeal-
ed.

XLII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the sixth, seventh and eighth sections of the act to ascer-
tain the value of the land in the several counties of this state for the purpose of laying the public
assessment, passed at November session, seventeen hundred and eighty-five, shall be and are hereby
repealed.

Average value,
&c.

XLIII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the average value of the lands, by the acre, in Allegany
county, be four shillings current money.

Average value
in Washington
county, &c.

XLIV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the average value of the lands in Washington county shall be
twenty-four shillings per acre, any thing in the before-mentioned act to ascertain the value of the