LAWS OF MARYLAND,

1842

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the said John M. Carlton before he proceeds to execute or
destrain the property of any person or persons for public
does or officers fees in virtue of this act, to deliver to such
person or persons chargeable with the same, at least thirty
days previous to the levying such execution or distress,
an account written in words in full length, of the taxes, pub-
lick dues, or officers fees, demanded of him, her, or them,
with an affidavit annexed thereto, that he hath not received
any part thereof, nor anything in security or satisfaction
for the game, more than the credits given, to the best of his
knowledge.

CHAP. 33.

Oath, &c.

CHAPTER 33.

An act to authorise the Mayor and Councilmen of the town
of Cumberland to sell and convey lot, number 280, in
Beall's Addition to the town of Cumberland.

Passed Jan
30, 1843.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the mayor and councilmen of the town of
Cumberland, in Allegany county, be and they are hereby
authorised and empowered, in their discretion, to sell and
convey by deed, in fee simple, a certain lot or parcel of
land lying and being in said town, and described in the plat
of Beall's Addition to said town as lot number 280, begin-
ning at a stone marked M. H. standing on the west side of
mechanic's street, and on the south side of market street,
and running thence with mechanic's street, south forty-two
degrees and one quarter of a degree, east sixty feet, south
forty-eight degrees, west fifty feet to Wills creek, thence
tip with said creek, north fifty four degrees and three quar-
ters of a degree, west sixty-one feet to market street, thence
by a straight line to the beginning, and to apply the proceeds
of said sale to the erection of a new market house in said
town

May sell and
convey.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That a deed of bargain and
sale executed under the hand and seal of the mayor, and
the hands and seals of the councilmen of said town, for the
time being or a majority of them, shall be held and deemed
sufficient and effectual to vest a good title in fee simple in
the purchase or purchasers of said lot or parcel of land.

Authorised to
give good and
valid title.