1804.

NOVEMBER. L A W S OF M A R Y L A N D;

C H A P.
LVIII.

All accounts to
be on oath, &c.

VII, AND BE IT ENACTED, That all accounts settled by the treasurer or overseer of the poor
with the trustees, shall be on oath, or affirmation, that they are just and true, which oath or affir-
mation shall be administered by any one of the trustees.

Meetings,
where to be
held, &c.

VIII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all the meetings of the said trustees of the poor necessary to
be held for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, or of the original act, or of
the supplements thereto, shall be held at the alms and work-house in the said county, except such
meetings as may be necessary for the settlement and passing their accounts with the levy court.

Allowance to
trustees, &c.

IX. AND, whereas it is unreasonable that the time and services of any individual should be de-
voted to public uses without a reasonable compensation for the same, therefore, BE IT ENACTED,
That each of the said trustees to be appointed in virtue of this act, shall be allowed one dollar per
diem for each and every day he shall attend to the discharge of the duties of trustee of the poor,
and that the clerk of said county shall be allowed twenty-five cents for each certificate of appoint-
ment which he shall make out and deliver to the sheriff, and the sheriff shall be allowed fifty cents
for the delivery of each of the said certificates to the persons appointed, all of which charges and
allowances are to be levied, collected and paid over, as other county charges

Parts of acts
repealed,

X. AND BE IT ENACTED, That any thing in the said original act, or the supplement thereto,
which is repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, shall be and the same is
hereby repealed.
C H A P. LIX,

Passed Janua-
ry 12, 1805.

An ACT authorising Hugh Sherwood, of Huntington, to complete
his collection.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition of Hugh Sherwood, of
Huntfmgton, late sheriff of Talbot county, that from various causes he has not been able to
complete his collection within the time limitted by law, and that there is still due to him, as sheriff
of said county, considerable sums of money, and praying that a law may pass to enable him to col-
lect the same; therefore,

H. Sherwood
may collect, &c.

11. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said Hugh Sherwood, of Hunt-
ington, be and he is hereby authorised to collect, until the first day of October, eighteen hundred
and five, all balances due him as sheriff of Talbot county for the year eighteen hundred and three,
in the same manner as he could or might have done within the time limitted by law, any law ta the
contrary notwithstanding.

To deliver an
account, &c.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the duty of the said Hugh Sherwood, before he pro-
ceeds to execuse or distrain the property of any persoa or persons for taxes or public dues in virtue
of this act, to deliver to such person or persons chargeable with the same, at least thirt} days. pre-
vious to the levying, such execution or distress, an account, written in words at full|length, of the
taxes demanded of him, her or them, with an affidavit annexed, if required, that he hath not re-
ceived , any part thereof, nor any tiling as security or satisfaction for the same, more than credit
given, to the best of his knowledge.

Books to be
lodged, &c.

IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said Hugh Sherwood, before he derives any benefit from or
under this act, shall lodge a copy of his collection books in the clerk's office of Talbot county, to be
open for the inspection of all persons interested in the same.

CHAP. LX,

Passed Janua-
ry, 12, 1805.
Preamble.

An ACT to incorporate the Marine Insurance Company.

WHEREAS sundry persons within this state have formed themselves into a society for the in-
surance of ships and merchandise, and lending money on bottomry and resondentia, and also
for making insurances on lives and against fire, and have prayed to be incorporated by law; therefore,

Persons incor-
forated, &c.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Daniel Howland, John Sherlo k,
Samuel Hollingsworth, Christopher Johnson, George Grundy, Nicholas Rogers, Robert Gilmor,
John Swan, Mark Pringle, Robert Oliver, Stewart Brown, Hugh Thompson, John Carruthers,
Alexander Brown, William Cole, James Cox, George Salmon, John Gampbell, White and sons,
Hugh Neilson, Payson and Smith, William Woods, Amos A. Williams, William Lorman, Gabriel-
Wood, John Oliver, Moore Falls, Benjamin Williams, Luke Tiernan, Ralph Higinbothom, Jonas