1852.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 367.

Passed May
31, 1852.

Authority to
pay.

CHAPTER 366.

AN ACT for the benefit of Joseph Dilley.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Treasurer of the State be au-
thorised and directed to pay, upon the warrant of the
Comptroller, to Joseph Dilley, of Allegany county, of
any unappropriated money in the Treasury, the sum of
one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and fifty cents,
being the amount of caution or composition money
paid into the Treasury by said Dilley, upon a certifi-
cate of resurvey returned by him into the Western
Shore Land office for composition, for which land, the
Chancellor, as Judge of the Land Office has decreed
that said Dilley is not entitled to patent.

In force.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect immediately.

CHAPTER 367.

Passed May
31, 1852.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, an Act to appoint
a Board of Commissioners, for the Town of Ox-
ford, in Talbot county.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, It is represented to this General Assembly,
that it would greatly contribute to the advantage and
improvement of the town of Oxford, in Talbot county,
if the same should be placed under the care and regu-
lation of certain commissioners to be elected by the in-
habitants thereof, and vested with sufficient power to
forward and effect the purposes intended; Therefore,

Incorporated,
&c.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That the inhabitants of the town

of Oxford, in Talbot county, and all other persons
holding real properly in said town, and residents there-
of, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and made
a body corporate, by the name of the Commissioners of
Oxford, and as such shall have succession; and by
their corporate name may sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded, grant, receive, and do all other acts as
natural persons; and may purchase and hold real, per-
sonal and mixed property, or dispose of the same for
the benefit of the said town; and may have and use a
common seal, which may be broken or altered at plea
sure.