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CHAP. CXXXV.
A Supplement to the Act for the establishment and regulation of the Levy Courts
in the several Counties of this State.
1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from
and after the passage hereof, it shall not be lawful for any collector
appointed by virtue of the act, entitled, An act for the establish-
ment and regulation of levy courts in the several counties of this
state, or any deputy collector within this state, during the time
they respectively act as such, or any person or persons for the use
of such collector, or deputy collector, to purchase any claim, due
or demand, which any person or persons whatever may have against
the county of which he may be collector or deputy collector.
2. And be it enacted, That if any collector, or deputy collector,
shall violate any part of this law, upon conviction thereof in the
county court of the county wherein the offence shall be committed,
such collector or deputy collector, for every such offence, shall be
fined the sum of fifty dollars.
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CHAP. 135.
Passed Feb 1820
Not lawful for col-
lectors, &c to pur-
chase claims
against count;
Penalty for so do-
ing
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CHAP. CXXXVI.
A Supplement to an art, entitled, An act for the better regulation of the Militia of
the City of Baltimore, passed at December session eighteen hundred and seven-
teen.
1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That so
much of the seventh section of the original law to which this
is a supplement, and establishes the first and sixth parades,
or company parades, be and the same is hereby repealed, any
thing in the said sections contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
2. And be it enacted, If a non-commissioned officer, private or mu-
sician, shall neglect or refuse to attend any of the meetings direct-
ed by law, or depart from parade without being duly discharg-
ed, such person as aforesaid shall be fined, at the discretion of the
court martial instituted for the purpose of trying such delinquents,
a sum not exceeding three dollars.
3. And be it enacted, That every quaker, menonist and tunker, or
other person conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms, resident
in the city of Baltimore, and who is or shall hereafter be a contri-
butor to the amount of seven dollars and fifty cents annually to the
Baltimore General Dispensary, or to the Baltimore Second Dis-
pensary, of which a certificate, under the corporate seal of such
dispensary, shall be evidence, shall in virtue thereof, and of this
act, be released from, and shall not be subject to, the payment of
any fine or sum of money for exemption from militia duty, or ab-
sence from parade, during the time he shall actually continue
to be a contributor as aforesaid; Provided, that nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed to exempt such contributor from standing
his draft for actual service, nor from the. expense of hiring, procur-
ing or providing a substitute when drafted.
4. And be it enacted, That the keeper and deputy keeper, and as-
sistants of the penitentiary, while actually employed in the said pe-
nitentiary, and no longer, be and they are hereby exempted from
the performance of militia duty, and the payment of fines for non-
attendance at parade.
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Passed Feb 8 1820
Part of seventh
section of law re-
pealed
Penalty on non-
commissioned offi-
cers, &c neglect-
ing to attend
meeting
Quakers, Meno-
nists and Tunkers
i
Proviso
Keeper, &c of pe-
nitentiary exempt
from militia duty
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