1842

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 111.

To have no
effect on con-
tracts in wri-
ting-
Commission-
ers to have act
published.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if the parties contract-
ing for the erection or construction of any building shall
otherwise contract in writing, then said law, as to such par-
ties and such contract, shall be inoperative and to no effect.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the commissioners of Howard District to direct a copy of
said original act and this supplement, to be printed in such
newspapers as they may direct; the expense of which
shall be defrayed by said district, and for such lime as they
may think necessary.

Clerks to for-
ward a copy
to the commis-
sioners.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That as soon as practicable,
after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the
clerks of the Senate and House of Delegates to transmit a
certified copy of the same to the commissioners of said
Howard District.

CHAPTER 112.

Paused Feb

18, 1842.

An. act for the benefit of David R. Miller of Washington
County.

Authorised to
record in the
clerk's office
negro Jeff.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That David R. Miller, of Washington county, be and he
is hereby authorized and empowered to record in the office
of the clerk of Washington county, the name of a certain
negro slave, named Jeff, and that the recording of said slave
shall have as full force and effect in law, as if the same had
been done within the time required by the act of assembly,

Provisoes.

passed at December session eighteen hundred and thirty-
nine, chapter fifteen; provided, the name of said slave shall
be recorded within thirty days after the passage of this act,
and provided n/so, that all the other provisions of said act
be fully complied with.

CHAPTER 113.

Passed Feb.
17, 1843.

An act to make valid and confirm the official acts of Char let
Wesley Weaver, a Justice of the Peace in and for Queen:
Anne's County and State of Maryland.

Preamble.

WHEREAS Charles Wesley Weaver, of Queen Anne's
county, was appointed and duly commissioned one of the