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93. of the Nanticoke, commonly called Crotchers Ferry, and agree to allow the said John Reed the sum of one hundred and ninety dollars, current money for the same. Now the Condition of the above Obligation is such that if the above bounden John Reed shall faithfully & diligently keep the said Ferry over the North West Fork of Nanticoke river, commonly called the Crotcher Ferry 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 light for the residue of the year, commencing on the tenth day of May 1848 and ending twelve months thereafter, and shall keep constantly, and in good order, a Scow that will safely carry six passengers and their Horses at one trip with an able bodied and skilful hand to attend to the Ferry aforesaid, than what is allowed by law, then the above Obligation to be void, otherwise of full force and virtue in law. his Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of John x Reed (seal) James Higgins John L. Willis mark J. E. Douglass (seal) John W. Martino (seal) Approved by the Board of Commissioners for Dorchester County April 17 1848 - By order Test William Rea Clk C. D. C. State of Maryland Be it remembered that the following Bond was 65 from Ex.d recorded on the 17.th day of April 1848, To wit: Pattison & Travers {Stamp} Know all men by these presents that {15 cts} we Jeremiah L. Pattison, John W. Travers and George W. Wingate, of Dorchester County, are held & firmly bound unto the state of Maryland in the full & 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 and Administrators, in the whole and for the whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this seventeenth day of April 1848. Whereas the Commissioners for Dorchester County, by virtue of a supplement to the Act entitled an additional supplement to the Act entitled an Act to regulate Ferries, have contracted with the said Jeremiah L. Pattison and John W. Travers to keep the Ferry over slaughter Creek from the Maine to where Henry Travers formerly lived, and agree to allow the said Jeremiah L. Pattison and John W. Travers the sum of Three hundred and twenty dollars, current money for the same. Now the Condition of the above Obligation is such that if the above bounden Jeremiah L. Pattison and John W. Travers shall faithfully and diligently keep |
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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
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