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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0038 and id is 1 raw text is: CHARLES R[DGELY, (OF HAMPT.) ESQ. GOVERNOR. .23
Interest of many individuila, in, much litigation, derangement'aind De Ses 181i.
loss; br rentedy, ivtereol,
Sec. 1. Hie it eitaded by the OGncraT .ssena blg of .Marylaai, That Lev!- made
the several assessmoills and levies of the ptiblic or county taxes or valid.
ch'arogs, made or imposed b& tile levy court of Baltimore coiilty,
and the several contracts or bonds made or taken in relation to
the' collection, or tile paylilents or expenditure thervo, shall be
hold as effectual and valid as if tile saute had been fully completed,
Made or taken, within the time prescribed by law; Provided, soth- Provii'o,
in. in this act contained shall be construed to alter or affect tile
leg al del'enct of al collectors mfiifist any claim or suit which has
been, or may be preferred against thein, for any act or thing done
heret fore, under ad Iby virtue of ally act or proceedings of the
levy court of Baltimore county, as tle same existed before the pas.
sing of this law.
2. And be it enacted, That the levy court aforesaid be and it is Time or mni.
hereby authorised and eumpowered, to meet for the transaction of ',g
public business at such places in said county, and on or at such
days and tines as the said court shall consider expedient, between
the first day of March and the thirty-first day of December, in
each and every year hereafter, ail may continue, by adjournment
or otherwise, from (lay to day, or time to time, until the public baa-
siness shall have been completed; Provided itcverlhess, that tile Proviso.
levy for each year shall ie completed within the year.
3. Antd be it cnrcted, That the said court be and it is hereby ai- Aithorsed to
tihorised to complete the levy (if said county, for the year eighteen coiptete levy.
hundred seventeen; to appoint a colhctor, and llnish all tile
unsettled business of the county for that year, and to take bond or
bonds of the collector and other oflicers appuinted; which said bu-
siness, bond or bonds, shall be and are hereby declared to be valid
and effectual to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
4. sAd be it enacted, That the president of the said levy court Prhdent to
be and he is hereby authorised and eaapowereds to sign, all deeds sign deeds, &1
or leases l'r property sold, or otherwise alienated, by tile court,
and annex, or cause to be annexed thereto, the-seal or the said
court.
5. And be it enacted, lhamt tile judges of Baltimore city court be ,th'ges or city
and they are hereby athorised and empowered, to ascertain and! comlt to ,u,,ei
assess such of the public charges as arose in the late court if ,.rt clarg
oyer and terminer or Baltimore county, and were not asse:eod bay
that court, and al4o to ascertain if any and what expellses have
been incurred by the sieriff o Baltimore county in supplying the.
necessary fuel fir tlme gaol, and which has not yet been ascertaini-
ed or assessed, and transmit the same to the levy court aforesaid,
which shall be levied, collected, tmd paid over to tile persons en-
titled to receive the saute, as other county charges.
CHAPTEIR 23.
An actto authorise Elizabeth A. G. Steineuson to retain in PasledJau. G1.
this State, as a Slave, a certain INero Girl theiein mmi-
tioned.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General .Assembly if Jfaryl4nd; That Anthorised to
it shall antd inay be lawful for Elizabeth A. G. Stepliensu, inlfant rcainl a slava
t o a il the Atate.
daughter of George P. Steph~enson of tile city 9f ]Batiiuirej to re-
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