1808. NOVEMBER. LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAP. XCVIII.
Passed 24th of Dec. 1888.	A Further supplement to an act, entitled, An act for the relief of the poor of Caroline county, and to repeal part of the act of assembly therein mentioned.
Power to cease, &c.	BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the power of the trustees of the poor of Caroline county shall, after the first Monday in April next, cease and determine.
Vested in the trustees, &c	II. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all the power and authority heretofore exercised by the trustees of the poor of Caroline county, be and the same is hereby vested in the levy court of said county.
Court to pro- ceed, &c.	III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said levy court, or a majority of them, shall, after the first Monday in April next, proceed to execute the trust heretofore vested by law in the trustees of the poor of said county, and under the same penalties and forfeitures.
They may con- tract, &c.	IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said levy court, or a majority of them, shall, and they are hereby authorised and empowered, if in their judgment they shall think it most advantageous for the interests of the county, and for the accommodation of the poor of said county, to contract with any person or persons for the maintenance of said poor by the year, the said person or persons giving bond, with security, to the levy court of said county, in such penalty as the said court may require, for the faithful performance of the conditions and obligations thereof.
Parts of acts repealed.	V. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all such parts of the act, entitled, An act for the relief of the poor of Caroline county, and the supplementary acts thereto, as are repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHAP. XCIX.
Passed 24th of Dec. 1808 Acts continued.	An ACT to continue certain acts of assembly. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all and every act or acts of assembler which are limitted by law to continue to the end of the present session of assembly, or which would expire during the same, or before the end of the next general assembly, be and they are here- by severally continued until the thirty-first day of October next, and until the end of the next ses- sion of assembly, unless such as are repugnant to, or inconsistent with, any law which may have passed, or may pass during the present session of assembly, and subject to any alterations which may have been made therein. CHAP. C.
Passed 24th of Dec. 1808.	An ACT authorising the levy court of Harford county to levy a sum of money for the purpose of amending and repairing the road therein mentioned.
Court to levy money, &c.	BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the levy court of Harford county be and they are hereby empowered to assess and levy, on the assessable property in said county, a sum of money, not exceeding two hundred dollars, for the purpose of amending and repairing the new road leading from Belle-Air to Baltimore, so far as the same may lie in Harford county. CHAP. CI.
Passed 24th of Dec, 1808.	An ACT to confirm the title of William Crockett to part of a tract of land called Hayman's Purchase, in Somerset county.
Preamble.	WHEREAS John Campbell did heretofore purchase a tract or land called Hayman's Purchase, situate in Somerset county, near to Princess-Anne-town, from a certain Parker Selby, and the said John Campbell hath since sold the same to Littleton D. Teackle, who contracted to sell the same to the said William Crockett, and who hath in pursuance thereof, together with John Teackle, executed a deed for the same to the said William Crockett: And whereas the said John Campbell was, at the time of his purchasing the said part of a tract of land, a foreigner, (but hath since be- come naturalized, ) in consequence of which the deed from the said Campbell was insufficient to con- vey a fee-simple in said lands; therefore,
Deed declared valid, &c.	II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said deed from the said Camp- bell to the said Littleton D. Teackle, shall be, and is hereby declared to be, as valid and effectual to