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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 171   View pdf image
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State of Maryland                     Be it remembered that the following Bond was
Ex.d      from            65            recorded on the 16.th day of April 18490, To wit:
Levin T. Dunnock & others      {Stamp}     Know all men by these presents that
                                              {15 Cents}   we Levin T. Dunnock & Washington A. Smith,
William H. Mills and William K. Travers of Dorchester County are held
and firmly bound unto the State of Maryland, in the full and just sum
of three hundred dollars, current money of the United States, to be paid
to the said state, or its Certain Attorney; to the which payment well
and truly to be made & done, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors &
Administrators, in the whole & for the whole, jointly & severally and
firmly by these presents.  Sealed with our seals and dated this sixteenth
day of April 1849.   Whereas the Commissioners of Dorchester County,
by virtue of a supplement to an act, entitled an additional supplement
to the act, entitled an act to regulate Ferries, have contracted with
the said Levin T. Dunnock & Washington A. Smith to keep the Ferry
over Slaughter Creek from Taylors Island to Meekins' Neck, and
agree to allow the said Levin T. Dunnock & Washington A. Smith the
sum of one hundred and sixty dollars, current money, for the same.
Now the Condition of the above Obligation is such, that if
the above bounden Levin T. Dunnock and Washington A. Smith
shall faithfully and deligently keep the said Ferry over Slaughter Creek
from Taylor's Island to Meekins' neck, from day light to day
light from the first of November to the first of March, and from
an hour before to an hour after day light for the residue of the
year, commencing the tenth of May 1849 and ending twelve months
thereafter, and shall keep consistently and in good order a Score that will
safely carry three Passengers and their Horses at one trip, with an
able bodied & skilful hand to attend the said Ferry, and shall not
charge or receive any greater price for services than what is
allowed by law, then the above Obligation to be void, otherwise
of force and virtue in law.                                               his
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of         Levin x T. Dunnock   (seal)
John Muir      John L. Willis                                          mark
                                                                         Washington A. Smith      (seal)
                                                                               W. K. Travers         (seal)
Approved by the Board of Commissioners of Dorchester County
April 16 1849                  By order, Test W.m Rea Clk Comm. D. C.


State of Maryland         Be it remembered that the following Bond
Ex.d      from      65      was recorded on the 16.th day of April 1849, To wit:
John Reed & others      {Stamp}   Know all men by these presents, that
                                   {15 cents}  we John Reed, John L. Willis & William
Howeth, of Dorchester County, are held & firmly bound unto the State of
Maryland in the full and just sum of Three hundred dollars,


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