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torney, desire a jury to be empannelled to ascertain the sum in his
hands so due and payable, the said court shall direct a jury to be im-
mediately charged to try and ascertain between the state and the
said party, whether the said collector is chargeable with and liable
to pay any and what sum or sums of money to the state; and upon
such verdict of the jury, to pass judgment in the name of the state
against the said collector, upon which there shall be no writ of error,
supersedeas or appeal, and to award execution thereon as upon all
other cases of judgments had in the said court.

Dec. Ses. 1822

4. And be it enacted, That this act shall continue in force for one
year from and after the first day of April next.
5. And be it enacted, That the levy courts of the several counties
in this state, shall meet on or before the first Monday in May next,
to levy and assess the sums mentioned in this act.

Limit.

Meeting of
levy courts.

6. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall restrain
or in any wise prevent the complete collection of the sums directed
to be levied by the acts passed at December session, eighteen hun-
dred and twenty one, chapters one hundred and ninety two and two
hundred and thirty nine, so far as relate a to the tax levied for the
year eighteen hundred and twenty two.

Former act.

CHAPTER 140.

An act for the relief of Eleanor Banks, of the city of Baltimore.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
Eleanor Banks, of the city of Baltimore, be, and she is hereby di-
vorced from bed, board, and mutual cohabitation with her husband
Thomas Banks.

Passed Feb.
13, 1823.
Divorce.

2. And be it enacted, That all the right and title which the said
Thomas Banks, by virtue of his marriage with said Eleanor Banks,
had acquired to any property which she is or may become entitle1 to,
in any way or manner whatever, be and the same is hereby revoked
and repealed; and that the said Eleanor Banks be, and she is hereby
declared capable to have, hold, take, recover, sue for, and record,
by compromise, suit or suits in law or equity, all, such property, in
as lull and ample a manner as if she were a feme sole, and had ne-
ver been married; and to hold, use and enjoy the same, for her own
use and benefit, and the same to dispose of according to her will and
pleasure, without the molestation, interference, hindrance or con-
sent of her said husband, in the same manner she could or might
have done were she a feme sole.

Claims an-
nulled.

CHAPTER 141.

An act for the relief of Sarah Melooney, widow of William) of Kent
county.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the jus-
tices of the levy court of Kent county be, and they are hereby au-
thorised at their annual meeting, so long as they may deem neces-
sary, to assess and levy on the assessable property of said county,
for the support and maintenance of Sarah Melooney (widow of Wil-
liam) a sum of money not exceeding thirty dollars, to be collected
by the collector of said county, and paid over to the said Sarah Me-
looney or to her order. ——

Passed Feb.
13, 1823.

Levy $30.

CHAPTER 142.

An act for the benefit of Colonel Roger Jones, of the United States'
Army.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from

Passed Feb
13, 1823.
Import a
slave.