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A Supplement to an ad, entitled, An act to enlarge the powers of
the commissioners of the town of Havre-de-Grace.
WHEREAS by an act of assembly passed at November session, eighteen hundred and two, en-
titled, An act to enlarge the powers of the commissioners of the town of Havre-de-Grace
the commissioners aforesaid are authorised to levy on the property of said town a sum of money
not exceeding one hundred dollars in any one year: And whereas the said sum of one hundred dollar
to be levied as aforesaid has not been found sufficient to answer the purposes intended by said law
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for the
commissioners of the town of Havre-de-Grace herein after named, to levy a sum, not exceeding two
hundred dollars in any one year, upon the property of said town, agreeably to the rules and restric-
tions prescribed in the original act to which this is a supplement, which said sum or sums of money
so levied and collected, shall be appropriated to such useful public purpose in said town, as a major-
ity of the commissioners may deem expedient.
III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners aforesaid shall have full power and authority to
lease out to the highest bidder, any of the streets, or other public ground belonging to said town, for
a term not exceeding three years, and shall cause advertisements to be set up in such public places
in said town as they may think proper, giving information of the day on which such streets or other
public grounds are to be exposed to let, and ail sums of money arising therefrom shall be appropri-
ated to such beneficial purposes as a majority of said commissioners may think fit and proper.
IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners aforesaid shall cause a list to be taken of
all the free males in said town, who shall, when duly warned thereto by the constable of said
town, having written directions from the commissioners aforesaid, assist, either in person or by sub-
stitute, in mending and keeping in repair any of the streets, lanes or alleys, in said town, or in re-
moving any nuisances found therein, and any person so warned, and refusing to act as aforesaid,
shall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar for every offence, to be recovered as directed by the afore-
said original law; and the commissioners aforesaid shall have full power and authority to cause a list
of all the dogs belonging to the inhabitants of said town to be taken, and to assess the sum of two
dollars yearly on each of the said dogs, to be paid by the owner or owners thereof, to be recovered
and appropriated as heretofore directed,
V. AND, whereas most of the commissioners originally appointed have either died or removed
out of the said town, and it is desirable that residents only shall have power to act as commisssion-
ers, BE IT ENACTED, That from and after the passage of this act, the following persons shall be
and are hereby appointed commissioners of said town, to wit: Benedict Edward Hall, Roger Boyce,
Samuel Jay, Abel Marple and Gabriel Christie, who shall have all the powers and authorities given
to former commissioners by any law or laws passed on the subject; provided, that in case of death,
resignation, or removal out of the said town, of any of the commissioners aforesaid, the vacancy
shall be filled with a resident of said town only.
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Passed 27th of
January, 1806.
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CHAP. CXVII.
An ACT to confirm certain acts of magistrates who hold, or have
held, offices under the general government.
WHEREAS persons who hold, or have held, offices under the general government, have act-
ed as magistrates in certain instances, and their proceedings as magistrates are not consi-
dered valid; for remedy whereof,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the official acts of any magistrate, who,
at the time he acted as such, held an office under the government of the United States, shall have the
same effect and operation as if such magistrate had not been an officer under the general government,
C H A P. CXVIII.
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Passed 28th of
January, 1806.
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