ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. NOVEMBER.

1806.

CHAP. LVII.

An ACT to compel the vestry of Shrewsbury parish, in Kent coun-
ty, to fulfil the contracts and engagements of the former vestry.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, that the vestry of Shrewsbury parish,
in Kent county, had entered into certain contra6ts and engagements which were not fully
discharged and complied with before the passage of the act of assembly at November session, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, entitled, An act for the establishment of vestries for each
parish in this state: And whereas no provision is made in the said act, by which the vestries created
under the same are rendered liable in their corporate capacity for the contracts and engagements of
e vestries existing before the passage of the aforesaid act; and it appearing reasonable to this
general assembly that all such contracts and engagements should be fulfilled and complied with,
therefore,

Passed 3d of
Jan, 1807.

Preamble.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the vestry of Shrewsbury parish,
Kent county, be, and they are hereby declared to be, answerable, in their corporate capacity,
for all contracts and engagements made and entered into by the vestry of the said parish before the
passage of the act of assembly, passed at November session, one thousand seven hundred and nine-
ty-eight, entitled, An act for the establishment of vestries for each parish in this state, in the same
manner, and to the same effect, to all intents and purposes, that the vestry making the contract
could or would have been if the aforesaid act, entitled, An act for the establishment of vestries for
each parish in this state, had not passed,

CHAP. LVIII.

Vestry made
answerable
&c.

A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act to appoint a wreckmas-
ter for Worcester county.

Passed 3d of
Jan. 1807.

WHEREAS by the original act to which this is a supplement, it is doubtful whether the wreck-
master is authorised to contract with labourers, and experience has proved the necessity of
ch power in the convenient execution of the said act; therefore.

Preamble.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That hereafter the wreckmaster shall be
and he is hereby authorised and empowered to contract with, and hire, so many labourers as he may
deem necessary to carry into effect the purposes of the act to which this is a supplement.

Wreckmaster
may employ la-
bourers, &c.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the wreckmaster shall be entitled to receive for his services, a
sum not exceeding twenty per cent, of the property saved, at the discretion of the county court, some
ne of the judges thereof out of court, or of the orphans court of the county.

CHAP. LIX.

His allowance.

A Further additional supplement to an act, entitled, An act relating
to public roads in this state, and. to repeal the acts of assembly
therein mentioned.

Passed 3d of
Jan. 1807.

BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That so much of the fifth section of the
said original act, passed at November session, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, as requires
an application in writing, signed by two thirds of the inhabitants of any hundred or hundreds, so
far as it relates to Frederick county, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the levy court of said
county may, in their discretion, proceed as in said section is directed, upon an application in writing,
signed by a number of respectable inhabitants of such, hundred or hundreds.

Part of the fifth
section repeal-
ed, &c.

II. AND BE IT ENACTED, That so much of the seventh section of the said original act. as directs
the several supervisors to give bond, with such security as shall be approved by the said justices, be
and the same is hereby repealed, so far as it relates to Frederick county, and instead thereof, every
supervisor appointed by the levy court of said county, may, in the recess of said court, give bond
to the state of Maryland, with such security as shall be approved of by any one of the justices of
the said court, or their clerk, provided such security shall establish, to the satisfaction of said jus-
tice, or clerk, that he is seized and possessed, in his own right, of a clear freehold estate of the
value of double the money to be expended by said supervisor,

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Part of the se-
venth section.
repealed, &c.