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CHAP. 10.
Passed Dec. 18.
Levy authorised
for their support.
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CHAPTER 10.
An act for the relief of John Knott and Elizabeth Bothick,
of Saint Mary's County.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the levy court of Saint Mary's county be and they are here-
by authorised and empowered, to levy on the assessable property
of said county, if they shall deem it right, and so long as they
shall see fit, thirty dollars annually for the support of John Knott,
and a like sum annually for the support of Elizabeth Bothick, and
that the levy court of county aforesaid, shall cause the said respec-
tive sums to be collected in the manner other county charges are
collected, and to be paid to the persons herein named respectively,
or to his or her order.
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Commissioners,
&c. to determine
complaints of per-
sons conceiving
grieved by their
property being
overvalued, &c.
Penalties imposed,
how to be recover-
ed.
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CHAPTER 11.
A Supplement to an act, entitled, An act to provide for the
appointment of Commissioners for the regulation and im-
provement of the Town of Cumberland; in Allegany Coun-
ty, and to incorporate the same.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
it shall be the duty of the commissioners and chief burgess of the
town of Cumberland, in Allegany county, to meet at the court-house
in said town on the first Monday in June in each year, and there
sit for two days, or longer if necessary, to hear and determine the
complaints and appeals of any person or persons who may think
themselves aggrieved by their property being overvalued by the as-
sessor, and if said commissioners and chief burgess shall not meet,
and sit as aforesaid, every commissioner or chief burgess failing
therein, shall forfeit and pay a stun not exceeding five dollars, un-
less prevented by sickness, or other unavoidable accidents; and if
any person shall apprehend himself or herself injured by the valu-
ation of his or her property, and shall thereof complain to the said
commissioners and chief burgess, they shall at the time of their sit-
ting to hear appeals, examine any person, or in their discretion the
party complaining, on oath or affirmation, as the case may be,
touching the particulars or value of such property, and upon due
examination or knowledge thereof, abate or increase the said va-
luation, and shall cause their clerk to alter and correct the same
according to such abatement or increase.
2. And be it enacted, That the penalties incurred and imposed by
this act, shall and may be recovered before a justice of the peace of
said town, as other small debts are, and be applied, one half to the
use of the person bringing the suits, and the other half to be appli-
ed to the improvement of the said town.
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Passed Dec 18.
Levy authorised
for their support.
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CHAPTER 12.
An act for the benefit of Martha Givan, and her three chil-
dren, of Worcester County,
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the justices of the levy court of Worcester county, be and they are
hereby authorised and empowered, so long as they may deem neces-
sary, to levy on the assessable property in said county, a sum of
money not exceeding sixty dollars, for the support and maintenance
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