1820.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 108.

body, and the affidavit or certificate of such president, of the
amount due any such company or corporation, shall have the
same effect, and entitle such petitioner to the same relief, an is
afforded by the insolvent laws of this state, when the said affida-
vit is made by a creditor assenting to a release of his own parti-
cular debt.

Part of 4th section
of an act repealed.

3. And be it enacted, That so much of the fourth section of the
act, entitled, A further additional supplement In the act, entitled,
An act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors, passed at No-
vember session eighteen hundred and twelve, as requires an in-
solvent debtor to pay over or convey to his trustee or trustees
sufficient in amount to pay fifty per cent, of his debts at the time
of his second application, and also so much of the said section as
requires the insolvent debtor, before he shall obtain a final release
a third time, to pay over or convey to his trustee or trustees, es-
tate sufficient in amount to pay seventy-five per cent, of his debts,
at the time of his third application, be and the same are hereby
repealed.

Passed Feb. 3, 1821.

Register to deli-
ver will to him, &c.

CHAP. CIX.

An Act authorising Anthony Ricketts, of Montgomery County, to take from
the Register's Office of said County the Original Will of Sarah Briscoe.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That upon
the application of said Anthony Ricketts, executor of Sarah
Briscoe, it shall be lawful for the register of wills for Montgome-
ry county, to deliver to Anthony Ricketts of the said county,
the original will of Sarah Briscoe, filed in said office, provided
the said register of wills for Montgomery county shall, before
the delivery of the said will of Sarah Briscoe, take an office copy
of the same, and if the said will should not he recorded, duly to
record the same on the records of the said office.

Passed Feb. 3, 1821.

Levy authorised

to keep roads in
repair, &c.

CHAP. CX.

A Further Additional Supplement to the Act, entitled, An Act relating to Pub-
lic Roads in this State and to repeal the Acts of Assembly therein mentioned.

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
levy courts of Charles and St. Mary's counties, or a majority of
them, be and they are hereby authorised and required annually,
to levy by equal assessment on the assessable property of Charles
and St. Mary's counties, a sum not exceeding thirty-three and
one third cents in the hundred dollars of assessable property in
the said counties, to he collected as other county taxes, and paid
to the levy, court, or to their order, and shall bo applied towards
straightening and amending the public roads in said counties: and
the said levy court, or a majority of them, have full power
and authority to appropriate the funds arising from said tax
to the said purposes, and shall apportion the name in equal pro-
portions among all the public roads of said counties, regarding
the situation and quantity of labour necessary for the improve-
ment of such roads, and to anticipate the collection of the said taxes
by permitting, (if expedient.) the supervisor or supervisors to ac-
cept of labour in lieu thereof, at the customary rate of labour
for the time, which supervisor or supervisors shall issue orders to
those by whom such labour may be rendered, expressing therein,