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Dec. Ses 1816.
Passed Feb. 3.
Levy court au-
thorised to dis-
pose of poor-
house and
ground.
— to purchase
a tract of land
for use of the
county.
When house is
erected, poor
to be removed.
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CHAPTER 201.
An Act authorising the Sale or Leasing of the Poor-House,
and Ground belonging thereto, in Baltimore County, and
to provide for building a new one.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the justices of the levy court for Baltimore county, be and
they are hereby authorised and empowered, to lay out into conve-
nient lots, streets and alleys, all that part of the poor-house
ground in Baltimore county, which lies cast of Middle-street,
and has not heretofore been so laid out, and to dispose of the
poor-house in said county, and the public ground belonging
thereto east of said street, or any part thereof, by sale or leas-
ing, upon such terms, and in such manner, as they shall deem
most beneficial for the county, and if sold, upon the receipt of
the purchase, money to convey the same to the purchasers thereof.
2. And be it enacted, That the justices aforesaid be and they
are hereby authorised and empowered, to contract for and pur-
chase a suitable tract or parcel of land, not exceeding three hun-
dred acres, in said county, and not more than four miles from
the city of Baltimore, and receive the conveyance thereof, to
and for the use and benefit of the county; upon which laud the
said justices are hereby further authorised and required to cause
a poor-house, and a separate place for the reception of vagrants,
for said county, and the necessary out-houses and improvements,
to be erected and built to and for the reception and employment
of the poor of said county, and to make the necessary contracts
for the completion of the said work under their direction, to
which objects and purposes the said land, when purchased, is
hereby appropriated: to defray the cost and expenses of such
purchase and improvements, so much of the money as may be
necessary, arising from the sale or disposal above authorised to
be made of the present poor-house of said county, and ground
belonging thereto, shall and may be applied by the justices afore-
said, and any surplus that may remain after the completion of
the said purchase and improvements, shall be vested in such man-
ner as in their discretion may be most beneficial to the county.
5. And be it enacted, That as soon as the poor-house hereby
authorised to be erected, shall be ready for the reception of the
poor, the justices of the levy court of the county shall cause
them to be removed to such poor-house, there to be kept and em-
ployed as authorised by law.
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Passed Feb. 3.
Levy court em-
powered to
lease.
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CHAPTER 202.
An act authorising the Justices of the Levy Court of Anne-
Arundel County, to lease to Joseph J. Hopkins and
Gerard R. Cowman, part of a Lot or Parcel of Ground
therein mentioned.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the levy court of Anne-Arundel county, be and they are
hereby authorised and empowered, to lease unto Joseph J. Hop-
kins and Gerard R. Cowman, their heirs and assigns, so much of
the warehouse lot at Beard's Point, on South River, as will be
necessary to erect thereon a plaister mill, to be worked by horses,
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