CHARLES RIDGELY, (OF HAMPT.) ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 198.
An act to continue in force the Acts of Assembly which Would
expire with the present Session.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
all such acts, and parts of acts of assembly, as would expire with
the present session, except an act, entitled, An act for the tempora-
ry relief of the poor in the several counties in this state, passed
December session eighteen hundred and sixteen, be and the same
are hereby continued until the twentieth day of November next, and
until the end of the next session of assembly which shall happen
thereafter.

Dec. Ses. 1817
Passed Feb. 14

Acts continu-
ed.

CHAPTER 199.
A Supplement to an Act, entitled, An Act relating to Coro-
ners and Sheriffs, passed at November Session 1799,
ch. 91.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
in case of the death, resignation, refusal or disqualification, of any
sheriff, between the first day of January, and the first day of March
in any year, and the person appointed and commissioned to succeed
him hath not, or shall not take the oaths required by law, and give
bond, before the first day of March, then and in every such case it
shall and may be lawful for the officers of the several courts of law
and equity in this state, who may have fees for collection within
the county of which such person hath been or shall be appointed
and commissioned as sheriff, as aforesaid, to place the same for
collection in the hands of such sheriff, at any time within twenty
days after he shall have taken the oaths and given bond as afore-
said; which fees shall be collected and accounted for by every such
sheriff, and his bond shall be answerable therefor, in the manner
prescribed by law.
2. And be it enacted, That in case of the death of any sheriff be-
fore the first day of October in any year, after he shall have given
bond, then and in every such case his executors or administrators,
if any, or the securities of such sheriff, shall be and they hereby are
authorised and empowered, to complete the collections of all
lees placed in the hands of the deceased sheriff, within the. time pre-
scribed by law, during the year in which such sheriff shall have
died, in the same manner as the sheriffs of the several counties are
authorised by law.

Passed Feb 14

Officers, in
certain cases,
allowed further
time to deliver
fees to sheriffs.

Ex'rs of she-
riffs may com-
plete collection

CHAPTER 200.

An act to incorporate a Company to be called The Wash-
ington and Baltimore Canal Company.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
John F. Howard, junior, John M'Henry, and Henry M. Murray,
in the city of Baltimore; General John Mason. Francis S. Key, and
John Peter, in George-Town, Daniel Carroll of Duddington,
Robert Brent, and Robert Sewall, in the city of Washington; Co-
lonel Henry Maynadier, Alexander C. Magruder, and Jeremiah
Hughes, in the city of Annapolis; Doctor William Beanes, John
Read Magruder, and Edward H. Calvert, in the town of Upper
Marlborough; and John C. Herbert, George Calvert, and Richard
96

Passed Feb 14

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