T. WATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

117

CHAPTER 115.

AN ACT to authorise the Trustees of the Parsonage
House of the German Reformed Church in Emmits-
burg, to sell and convey the said property, and distri-
bute the proceeds of such sale.

Passed
Mar. 9, 1854.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Joshua Motter, Peter Warenfelt,
Jacob Shower and Jacob Raffensperger, Trustees of
the parsonage house of the German Reformed church
in Emmittsburg in Frederick county, be, and they are
hereby authorised and empowered to sell and convey
the same to the highest bidder, after having given at
least three weeks notice of such sale by handbills put
up in the most public places in Emmittsburg aforesaid,
and to distribute the proceeds arising from said sale to
the consistories of the several congregations interested
therein, in proportion to their original investments in
said house and lot.

Authority to
sell.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the day of its passage.

CHAPTER 116.

In force.

AN ACT relating to Paupers, Beggars, Vagrants, Vaga-
bonds and disorderly persons in the city of Balti-
more.

Passed
Mar. 10, 1854.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the judge of the criminal court
of Baltimore or any justice of the peace of the city of
Baltimore, upon information that any person in said
city is a pauper, an habitual beggar, a vagrant, a vaga-
bond or disorderly person, shall issue a warrant, or order
it to be issued, directed to the sheriff or any constable
or police officer of said city, commanding him to bring
the person against whom the Information is given be-
fore said court, or said justice on a day to be named
therein, not more than one week from the date of
warrant to answer to said charge.

Authority to
issue war-
rants.