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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 174   View pdf image
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from an hour before to an hour after day light for the residue of the
year, commencing the tenth day of May 1849 and ending twelve
months thereafter, and shall keep constantly and in good order a scow
that will safely carry three Passengers & their Horses at one trip,
with one able bodied skilful hand to attend the said Ferry, and shall
not charge or receive any greater price for Ferriage than what is
allowed by law, then the above Obligation to be void, otherwise of
full force and virtue in law.                                William H. Mills          (seal)
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of            his
John Muir      John L. Willis                              Levin x T. Dunnock   (seal)
                                                                              mark
                                                                        Fielder G. Jones         (seal)

Approved by the Board of Commissioners of Dorchester County
April 16.th 1849.   By order.   Test      W.m Rea Clk C. D. C.


State of Maryland         Be it remembered that the following Bond
Ex.d       from               was recorded on the 16.th day of April 1849, To wit.
Robert Bell & others     {Stamp}      Know all men by these presents, that we
                                  {one dollar}   Robert Bell, Francis I. Henry & William
A. Sulivane, of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, are held &
firmly bound unto the State of Maryland in the full and just sum
of Two thousand dollars, current money of the United States, to be paid
to the said state or its certain Attorney; to the which payment well &
truly to be made & done, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and
Administrators jointly & severally, firmly by these presents.  Sealed
with our seals & dated this sixteenth day of April 1849.

The Condition of the above Obligation is such, that if the above
bounden Robert Bell shall well & truly execute the Office of Constable
of Cambridge Town, in all things appertaining thereto, and shall also
well & truly account for all moneys placed in his hands for collection,
and shall also well & truly pay all sums of Money received by
him or Judgments or otherwise, then the above Obligation to be
void, otherwise of full force & virtue in law.
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of            Robert Bell         (seal)
Ja.s Hammersly      James Higgins                               H. I. Henry         (seal)
                                                                                  W. A. Sulivane   (seal)

Dorchester County, To wit:

On the sixteenth day of April 1849, personally appeared before me, the subscriber,
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, James
Higgins & James Hammersly and made the following Oath, To wit:  We
James Higgins & James Hammersly, subscribing Witnesses to the above
Bond do make Oath that Robert Bell, Francis I. Henry & W.m A.
Sulivane, obligors mentioned in the said Bond, did severally, in
our presence, sign, seal and deliver the said Bond as their


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