1818.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 103.

Penalty on per-
sons erecting such.

and across the said river, from the Chimney Landing to the north
west fork bridge, so as to stop up the passage of boats, vessels or
scows, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared nuisances, and
may be by any person taken nut of said north west fork, branch of
the. said river, and destroyed as such.
2. And be it enacted, That no person or persons shall, after the
first day of March next, put, place or make, any wear or hedge in
and across the branch of said river, so as to stop the passage of
boats, vessels or scows, under the penalty of twenty dollars current
money for each and every such offence, to be recovered before, a
single magistrate in the same manner as small debts are recovered,
and appropriated, one half to the informer or person who will sue
for or prosecute to effect for the same, the other half to the use of
Dorchester county, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Passed Feb. 3, 1819

No deed of con-
veyance to be good
unless recorded in
the county court
where the lands,
&c . conveyed, do

lie.

Passed Feb 3 1819

Penalty on sheriff
for not keeping
gaoler resident in

gaol.

Proviso.

CHAPTER 104.

A Further Additional Supplementary act to the act, entit-
led, An act for quieting possessions, enrolling conveyan-
ces, and securing the estates of purchasers.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
hereafter no deed of conveyance shall be good and available in law,
unless the same be recorded in the records of the county court,
when the lands, tenements or hereditaments, conveyed by such
deed of conveyance, do lie, within the time required by law,

CHAPTER 105.

An act to compel the Sheriff of Harford county to keep a
Gaoler resident in the Gaol of said county.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
it shall hereafter be the duty of the sheriff of Harford county, either
to reside himself in the gaol of said county, to keep a gaoler re-
sident therein, under the penalty of two dollars for every day he
shall neglect or refuse so to do, to be recovered by indictment and
conviction in the county court of Harford county, in the name of
the state, one half whereof shall go to the informer, and the other
hall' to the levy court for the use of said county; Provided always,
that the sheriff aforesaid shall be excused from the above penalty,
and every part thereof, if the levy court of Harford county shall
be of opinion that the gaol of said county is not in a condition for
the comfortable accomodation of such sheriff or gaoler.

Passed Feb 3 1819

Ground on which
dwellings or por-
ches stand in said
town, to be valued
and paid for by

persons owning

such property.

CHAPTER 106.

A Supplement to an act, entitled, An act relating to the
Town of Belle-Air in Harford county.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
where any dwelling-house or porch, in the town of Belle-Air, shall
have been built and now stands on the public ground or street in
the said town, it shall not be lawful for the commissioners thereof
to enforce the removal of the same, but the ground covered thereby
shall be valued by three disinterested persons, to be appointed by
the said commissioners, and the amount of such valuation paid by
the person or persons owning the property, into the general fund
created by the original act to which this is a supplement, for the
use and purposes therein mentioned,