CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1818.

of Martha Givan, Benjamin Givan, Mary Givan, and James Gi-
van, and the same shall be collected as other county charges are,
and when collected shall be paid over to said Martha Givan, or to
any other person appointed by said court to receive the same, for
the purpose aforesaid.

CHAP. 12.

CHAPTER 13.

An act declaring the assent of the legislature to the devise
of Lands in the Will of John Postly, late of Worcester
County, deceased, to the General Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church in the United States of America.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the assent of the legislature be and the same in hereby given to the
devise of lands in the will of the late John Postly, of Worcester
county, deceased, to the trustees of the general assembly of the
Presbyterian church in the United States of America, and that the
said trustees of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church,
in the United States of America, be and the same are hereby de-
clared competent in law to hold the said lands, according to the in-
tent, and for the purposes mentioned in the devise in said will, to
the trustees of the general assembly of the Presbyterian churches
of American United States.
2. And be it enacted, That the said trustees of the. general assem-
bly of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America, by
that name and style, be and are hereby declared to be, competent
in law to sue and be sued in any and every case, claim or dispute,
connected with or growing out of the lands contained in the said
devise.

Passed Dec. 18.

Assent of legisla-
ture given to de-
vise of certain
lands.

Trustees of said
church to be com-
petent in law to
sue, &c.

CHAPTER 14

A Supplement to an act, entitled, An act to authorise the
Moderator and Commissioners of Hager's-Town to levy
a sum of money for a Fire Engine,
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the officers of the Hager's-Town fire company be, and they are
hereby directed, after having appropriated so much of the money
authorised to be levied by the act to which this is a supplement, as
shall be found necessary for the purpose therein mentioned, to ap-
propriate and apply the remainder thereof to the repairing of the
old engines, and to the purchase of such other apparatus as they in
their judgment may think most necessary and useful for extinguish-
ing fires, or in procuring such place, or places for the safe keeping
of their property as they may deem most expedient.

Passed Dec 18.

Remainder of mo-
ney levied to be
applied to repair
of engines, &c.

CHAPTER 15.

A Supplement to an act, entitled, An act to Incorporate a
Company to make a Turnpike Road from the line of the
District of Columbia, where it crosses the post road lead-
ing from George-Town to Frederick-Town, through Mont-
gomery and Frederick Counties, to Frederick-Town.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That so much of the above recited act as requires the company in-

Passed Dec 19.

Part of an act re-
pealed.