CHARLES RIDGELY, (of HAMPTON) Esq. Governor.

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CHAPTER 205.
A further additional supplement to an act entitled, an act to di-
rect descents.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall not be necessary of the county court
shall deem it to be for the interest of all persons concerned, for
the purchaser or purchasers of any part, of the real estate of any
person dying intestate, which hath been, or which may be sold
by commissioners under the act to direct descents, and the sup-
plements thereto, or where any one of the representatives of such
intestate may have elected, or shall elect to take the same at
the valuation made or to be made by commissioners as is by
said act allowed and directed, to give bond as is required by
said acts, to each of the representatives of such intestate; but
that such purchaser or purchasers, or person having elected, or
who may elect to take such real estate, shall give bond to the
state of Maryland, in such penalty and with such security as
the court from which such commission hath issued, or may is-
sue, shall direct and approve, conditioned for the payment of
the amount of the valuation or purchase money (as the case may
be) to the legal representative of such intestate, in such propor-
tions as each may be entitled agreeably to the order of the
court; which bond shall be recorded among the records of the
county in which the commission hath issued, or may issue; and
upon such bond or an office copy thereof, suit or suits may be
instituted against the obligors therein, or any of them, for any
breach of the condition thereof by any person interested
therein.

Dec. Sess.
1815.

Passed Jan.
29, 1816.
Bond to the
state of Ma-
ryland—to be
recorded.

CHAPTER 206.
A supplement to the act entitled, an act to authorise the filling
up and extending of certain lots on the south side of the basin

in the city of Baltimore.
WHEREAS, doubts are entertained whether a recovery can
be had in the suits instituted under the act to which this is a
supplement, for the sums assessed by the jury impannelled in
pursuance thereof, and by them directed to be paid to the corpo-
ration of the city of Baltimore, and to John Mickle, because
the sheriff by whom they where summoned and sworn, omitted
to make a formal and sufficient return of their verdict to the
Register of said city.—Therefore,
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That for the purpose of ascertaining and assessing
the damages which the corporation of the city of Baltimore, or

any person may have suffered, or shall suffer by reason of ex-
tending and wharfing out the lots permitted to be extended and
wharfed out by the act to which this is a supplement, and by
the act supplementary to that act, and also what sum of money
each individual benefited thereby shall contribute and pay to-
wards compensating the corporation of the city of Baltimore, or
any person or persons injured by the extending and wharfing
out the said lots, the Mayor of the city of Baltimore for the
time being, for and on behalf of the said corporation, and other
person or persons to be injured as aforesaid, shall name two
persons; Christopher Hughes of the city of Baltimore, or in
case of his death, his heirs or devisees entitled to the said lots
by descent or devise, name two persons, and the four persons

Passed Jan.

29, 1816.
Preamble.

Damages—
how to be as-
certained.