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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Dec. Ses. 1821.

and seals, specifying plainly, the boundaries and number of each
district, and also the place in each district, where the election for
such district shall be held; and the said clerk shall record the same
in the records of the county.

When to meet.

3. And be it enacted, That the commissioners appointed by vir-
tue of this act, shall meet at the court-house of said county, on the
first Monday in April, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, for the
purpose of performing the duties imposed by this act; and the com-
missioners or commissioner so meeting, may adjourn from time to
time, and from place to place, until the whole is completed.

Vacancies.

4. And he it enacted, That if any of the commissioners nam-
ed in this act should refuse to accept his appointment before the first
day of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, the remaining
commissioners, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and
directed to fill the vacancy or vacancies, out of the districts where
such vacancy or vacancies may occur.

If confirmed
to be valid.

5. And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the
General Assembly of Maryland, after the next election of delegates,
in the first session after such new election, as the constitution and
form of government directs; in such case, this act, and the altera-
tions herein contained, shall constitute and be considered as a part
of the said constitution and form of government, to all intents and
purposes, any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.

Passed Jan. 5,
1822.
Preamble.

CHAPTER 39.

An act for the benefit of Captain James Allen, of Cecil county.
Whereas, It is represented to this general assembly, by the pe-
tition of Captain James Allen, of Cecil county, that he has pur-
chased and re-built, at a very considerable expense, a wharf adjoin-
ing to his lot in George-town, in Kent county, and extending into
the Sassafrass River; and it appearing equitable and right that the
said Allen should have and enjoy the exclusive right to said wharf;
Therefore,

Right con-
firmed.

Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the said Captain James Allen, shall have, use, occupy, possess and
enjoy, the exclusive right of, and property in, the said wharf, free
from hinderance or molestation of any person whatsoever, any

Proviso.

law, usage or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided,
That nothing herein contained shall authorise the said Allen to ex-
tend his wharf into the water, more than the front and width of the
lot that the said Allen's deed or title papers may entitle him to; or
to obstruct the navigation of the Sassafrass River in front of any
street, lane or alley of said town.

Passed Jan. 9,
1822.

CHAPTER 40.

An act to make valid a release of a mortgage from Thomas Jenkins
of Munroe county and State of Indiana, to James Dossey (of John,)
of Calvert county and state of Maryland.

Preamble.

Whereas, It is represented to this general assembly, by the
petition of James Dossey (of John,) of Calvert county, that he
heretofore purchased of Thomas Jenkins, previous to his removal