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JOHN H. STONE, Esquire, Governor.
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1796. |
days, he, she or they, shall, for the first and second offences, be
fined in
a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and for the third offence, in
the discretion
of the court, such ferry or bridge shall be valued by a jury of the county,
to b summoned and sworn by the sheriff of such county, and upon the payment
of such valuation shall become vested in the said corporation, for
the purposes
of this act. |
CHAP.
LXIX. |
XXXII. And be
it enacted, That all four wheeled
and other carriages which
shall pass on the road aforesaid, whose wheels shall be five and a half
inches on
the surface or tread, shall be subject only to the payment of one half
the common
toll; and all carriages aforesaid, which shall be nine inches on the surface
or
tread, shall be subject to no toll whatsoever. |
Carriages
subject to half
toll, &c. |
XXXIII. And
be it enacted, That the said
president and directors shall cause
to be erected directories, at proper and convenient situations, to note
to all conductors
or drivers of carriages on the turnpike road aforesaid, that they shall
at
all times pass on the left of each other, under the penalty of three dollars
for
every offence, to be recovered and
applied as aforesaid. |
Directories to
be erected,
&c. |
XXXIV. And be
it enacted, That if the said
company shall not proceed to carry
on said work within two years after passing this act, and shall not within
ten years afterwards complete the said road, according to the true intent
and
meaning of this act, then, in either of these cases, it shall and may be
lawful
for this state to reserve all and singular the rights, liberties, and privileges,
hereby
granted to the company. |
Rights, &c. in
certain cases
reserved, &c. |
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CHAP. LXX.
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An ACT for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors. |
Passed December
31. |
WHEREAS William Edmondson, of Talbot county, Abraham James,
of Baltimore-town, Thomas Barton Morris, of Prince-George's
county, Robert R. Richardson, of Baltimore county, Robert Key,
of Prince-George's county, Isaac Smith Isaacs, of Baltimore county,
Beauchamp
Wolsenden, of Baltimore-town, John Patrick, Andrew and Thomas
Goulding, of Baltimore county, Louis Bellville, of Baltimore-town, William
McCrea, of Frederick county, George Swiney, of Saint-Mary's county, Arthur
Carrick, of Baltimore-town, Gautier Aine, of Baltimore-town, Aza Allen,
Duncan McIntosh, John Gillis Read, James Thompson, of Baltimore-town,
John Keller, of Frederick-town, Benjamin Boyd, of Montgomery county, Richard
Dorsey, of Baltimore-town, Jacob Fowle, of Talbot county, Thomas
Johnson, of Somerset county, Nathaniel Leeke, of Baltimore-town, Robert
Shaw, of Baltimore-town, John Lowe and Benjamin Boyd, of Prince-George's
county, James Dunn, of Kent county, Robert Doyne, Roger Tregae and Thomas
Course, of Dorchester county, John Woodward, of Baltimore county, Joseph
Clarke, of Baltimore-town, Valentine Brown, junior, of Anne-Arundel
county, Alexander Leslie, of Prince-George's county, Samuel T. Dyson
and
John Flemming, of Charles county, Lewis Duvall, of Montgomery county,
John Savin and John Makin, of Cæcil county, George Matthews, of Baltimore-town,
Charles Steuart and Thomas Lea, of Queen-Anne's county, by their petitions
to this general assembly have set forth, that by reason of any misfortunes
they are unable wholly to satisfy their creditors, and have prayed
that they
may be discharged, upon their delivering up all their property for the
use of their
creditors; and the prayer of the said petitioners being found reasonable;
therefore, |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That on application
of either of the said debtors to the chancellor, by petition in writing,
offering
to deliver to the use of his creditors all his property, real, personal
or mixed, to
which he is any way entitled, a
schedule whereof, (on oath or affirmation, as
the case may require,) together with a list of the creditors of the person
so applying,
on oath or affirmation, as far as he can ascertain them, shall be annexed
to
such petition, the chancellor shall direct personal notice of such application
to |
Chancellor,
on application,
to direct
notice to be
given, &c. |
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