LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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CHAPTER 191.

A supplement to an act, entitled, An act to enlarge the powers of the
trustees of the poor of Charles county.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
trustees of the poor of Charles county, be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and empowered to allow, annually, so long as they shall see
fit, a sum of money not exceeding forty dollars, for the support and
maintenance of John Garner, Eleanor Newberry, Eleanor Clark,
John Haislip, (of Henry) and Vincent Norris, of Charles county, as
out pensioners.

Dec Ses. 1822

Passed Feb.
22, 1823.
Levy.

CHAPTER 192.

An act for the relief of Margaret Stuart, of Montgomery county.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the levy
court of Montgomery county be, and they are hereby authorised and
required to levy and assess, annually, so long as they may think pro-
per, on the assessable property of said county, a sum of money not
exceeding forty dollars, for the support and maintenance of Marga-
rett Stuart, of said county, to be collected by the collector of said coun-
ty, and by him paid over to the said Margaret Stuart, or to her or-
der.

Passed Feb.
22, 1823.

Levy $40.

CHAPTER 193.

An act for the relief of the infant children of Robert Moore.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the levy
court of Prince George's county be, and they are hereby authorised,
if they in their judgment think fit so to do, to levy on the assessable
property of said county, a sum not exceeding sixty dollars, so long
as they shall deem proper and necessary, for the support and main-
tenance of Josephine, Robert, Lewis and William Moore, infant
children of the late Robert Moore; which sum, when levied and col-
lected, shall be paid to William T. Wootton, of said county, for the
use and benefit of the said Josephine, Robert, Lewis and William
Moore.

Passed Feb.

22, 1 1823.
Levy $60.

CHAPTER 194.

An act for the benefit of William H. Murray and Maria, his wife.
WHEREAS it has been represented to this General Assembly, by
the petition of William H. Murray, of the city of Baltimore, and
Maria, his wife, lately Maria Sterling, a daughter and one of the de-
visees of James Sterling, late of said city, deceased, that a large por-
tion of the deceased's improved and most productive property has
been set apart by his executors to meet certain payments provided
for, in and by the testator's will, that the residue of his real estate,
has been divided amongst his devisees, by commissioners appointed
by Baltimore county court, for that purpose, and that the principal
part of that portion of said estate, which, in and by the said division,
was allotted to the said Maria Murray, consists of lands in the su-
burbs of, and unimproved lots within the city, which description of
property is at present more a source of expense than of profit, con-
sidering its unproductiveness and the heavy taxes thereon: that the
said Maria is now nineteen years old, and the interests of the peti-
tioners would be greatly promoted if they were enabled to lease and
let out, for long terms, the whole or parts of the real estate, so as
aforesaid allotted to the said Maria, in the division of the estate of
her late father; wherefore the petitioners prayed that a law might

Passed Feb.

7, 1823.
Preamble.