ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. NOVEMBER

1806.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for the
trustees of the poor of Montgomery county, if they shall be of opinion that the peculiar circum-
stances of the said Sarah Gray, Margaret Willson, and her son and daughter as aforesaid, are such
as to render a situation in the poor-house particularly unsuitable for them, to support them, or either
of them, as out-pensioners, in addition to the number now allowed by the act, entitled, An act to
enlarge the powers of the trustees of the poor in the several counties therein designated, and to al-
low to the said Sarah Gray a sum for her support, not exceeding thirty dollars, and to the said Mar-
garet Willson, for her own support, and likewise the support of her son and daughter aforesaid, a
sum not exceeding sixty dollars, to be paid at such time as the said trustees shall direct, the amount
of which said sums shall be levied in the same manner as other expences of the poor-house in the
said county; provided, that the application of the said Sarah Gray, and Margaret Willson, for her-
self and children, to be supported as out-pensioners as aforesaid, shall be recommended by the levy
court of said county.

CHAP. XLIII.

CHAP.
XLII.
Persons to be

supported as
out-pensioners,
&c.

An ACT to enable the trustees of the Roman catholic church in the
city of Baltimore to purchase a piece of ground therein mentioned.

WHEREAS the trustees of the Roman catholic church in the city of Baltimore, by their hum-
ble petition to this general assembly have set forth, that the piece of ground on which they
intend to erect a cathedral church, and other suitable buildings for their pastors for the time being,
in the precincts of the city of Baltimore, and on which the erection of the said cathedral church
has actually been commenced, doth exceed, by a small quantity, two acres of land, and that the
whole of the same is necessary for the purposes which they have in contemplation, and have there-
fore prayed for leave to take a grant of the whole of the said piece of ground; and this assembly,
judging the prayer of the petitioners reasonable, and being desirous of promoting their laudable and
pious purposes,

Passed 3d of
Jan. 1807.

Preamble.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the corporation of the trustees of
the Roman catholic church in the city of Baltimore, be and they are hereby authorised and empow-
ered to have, take, receive and hold, to them and their successors for ever, a deed of conveyance
from John Eager Howard, Esquire, his heirs or assigns, or any other person or persons authorised
to convey the same, of the whole of the square or lot of ground whereon the catholic cathedral
church is now erecting in the precincts of the city of Baltimore, for the uses and purposes above
mentioned, provided the same does not exceed in the whole quantity of three acres of land, over
and above tiny other land which the said trustees, in their corporate capacity, may now hold, in fee,
or for any less estate; and the said corporation, and their successors, be and they are hereby au-
thorised and empowered, by any proper deed of conveyance, to sell and convey, in fee-simple, or
for any less estate, all such lands as they are now seized of, not exceeding two acres, and that the
said deeds, when executed, acknowledged and recorded, in the manner required by law for the con-
veyance of real estates, shall be good and effectual in all courts of law and equity in this state.

CHAP. XLIV.

Corporation
may receive a
deed, &c.

A Further supplement to the act, entitled, An act to lay out and
make a public road from the Black Horse, in Harford county, to
the Pennsylvania line.

Passed 3d of
Jan. 1807.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition of Thomas Poteet and
Thomas Poteet, junior, of Harford county, that they have sustained damages by reason of
the road running through their land, leading from the Black Horse to the Pennsylvania line, and
that the commissioners named in the original act, and authorised by a supplement thereto, to value
the damages by them sustained, have refused to make any valuation, being of opinion that no da-
mages were sustained, and praying that a law may pass, directing a jury to be summoned to value
and assess the damages by them sustained; and the same being reasonable, therefore,

Preamble.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said Thomas Poteet and Tho-
mas Poteet, junior, may apply to some justice of the peace for the said county, who shall thereupon
issue his warrant, directed to the constable of the hundred where the land lies, commanding him to
summon five substantial freeholders, not related to them, or in any manner interested, to be and
appear before one or more justices of the peace for said county, an s certain day in the said warrant
D

T. Poteet, &c.
may apply to a
justice, &c.