1819.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 170.

Inspector not to
state in certificate
the quality of the
same, &c

Part of original act
repealed

mand or receive, more than forty cents far each waggon load of
hay or straw, and twenty cents for each cart load of hay or straw
weighed by them.
2. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any hay-
weigher and inspector, or his deputy, within the said city, to state
in the certificate granted by him of the weight of hay or straw, the
quality of the same, but that in making out said certificate, his sole
duty shall be to make a reasonable allowance for the moisture of
said hay or straw, as well as for any mud, or other substance at-
tached to the carriage,
3. And be it enacted, That all that part of the original act to
which this is a supplement, and which is inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Passed Feb 14 1820

Talbot, Caroline,
and part of Dor-
chester, to com-
pose the eighth dis-
trict

Repeal

CHAP. CLXXI.

A Supplement to the Act to reduce into one the General Acts of Assembly re-
specting Elections, and to regulate said Elections.

1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That here-
after, for the purpose of choosing electors of the president and vice
president of the United States, Talbot county, Caroline county, and
the first and second election districts of Dorchester county, known
by the names of New-Market and Vienna, shall compose the eighth
district, and the remainder of Dorchester county, Somerset county,
and Worcester county, shall compose the ninth district.
2. And be it enacted, That all the acts of assembly hitherto pass-
ed, or any part or parts thereof, inconsistent with or repugnant to,
the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Passed Feb 14 1820

Trustees appoint-
ed and incorporat-
ed

Vacancies, how to
be supplied

Made capable to
sue and be sued,

&c.

CHAP. CLXXII.

> An Act to Incorporate certain Persons therein mentioned for the purpose of es-
tablishing a School called The Union School of Harford County.

1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, James
M'Gaw, John Anderson, John Cochran, John M'Gaw and Richard
Mitchell, trustees for a school erected in Harford county, called
The Union School of Harford County, and their successors to be
appointed as hereinafter directed, shall for ever hereafter be and
they are hereby erected, established, and declared to be, one body
politic and corporate, with perpetual succession in deed and in law,
by the name, style and title, of The Trustees of the Union School
of Harford County, by which name and style the said trustees, and
their successors, shall be capable in law and in equity to hold pro-
perty, the value of which shall at no time exceed the sum of one
thousand dollars for the said school.
2. And be it enacted, That in case of vacancy happening among
the said trustees by death, resignation or removal, the remaining
trustees shall, as soon thereafter as to them shall seem proper, pro-
ceed to fill up said vacancy from among the persons who shall at
such time be deemed by them patrons of said school.
3. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, and their successors,
duly appointed, shall be capable in law and in equity to sue and be
sued, to plead and be impleaded, in any court of justice of this state,
or before a justice of the peace, in case the matter in controversy
shall be within the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, and that the
said trustees shall have full power to ordain and establish such rules
and by-laws for the government of said school, as they, or a majo-