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An Act to exempt the Servants of Overseers of the County Roads in Dorchester County, from doing duty on said Roads. 1823 22 (1823)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0110 and id is 1 raw text is: SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. Dec. Ses.1823 CifAPTER 49. .1tV-J An act for the bcnefit of Nancy Paul, of Dorchester county. Passed Jan. WVnrItEAS, it is represented by the petition of Nancy Paul that she 12, 1824. Preamble. was the mother of an illegitimate child called Robert Paul, who i, now deceased; that the father of said child by his last will and testa- ment bequeathed him the sum of three hundred dollars, which has by direction of the Orphans' court of Dorchester county been put out at interest, none of which has been applied to the maintenance and edu- cation of the said child, but the expenses of which have been defray- ed by the said Nancy Paul; and it being further represented that the said Nancy PIaul is aged and infirm, and has exerted herself to raise and educate the child aforesaid-Theretore, Privile-e Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said nranted. Nancy Paul is hereby empowered and made capable in law to re- ceive, sue for, and recover, the said sum of three hundred dollars and the interest due thereon, which was devised to her son Robert Paul, in the same manner as if the said Robert had been the legitimate child of the said Nancy Paul. Passed Jan. CHAPTER 50. 13, 1824. An act to confirm certain official proceedingsof Richard B. Mitchell. Preamble. WHEREAS, Rtichard B. Mitchell was heretofore erroncousl named in the commission of the justices of the peace of this state in and for Baltimore county, Bennet J. Mitchelk and he did nevertheless offici- ate as a justice of the peace, subscribing his true name, till the error was corrected by the Governor and Council;-Therefore, Acts con- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all the irmed. lawful acts and deeds done and performed by Richard B. Mitchell, a justice of the peace of this state, in and for the county of Baltimore, shall not be invalidated or affected by the error of his being named in the commission by the Governor and Council of this state Bennet J. Mitchell, instead of Richard B. Mitchell. CHAPTER 51. Plssed Jan. An act to exempt the Servants of Overseers of the County Roads in )orchester 14, '824. County, from doing duty on said Roatls. Prcmule. WuIREAs, the overseers of the Count)' Roads for Dorchester County, are subject to a presentment and fine for neglect of duty, and are allowed no compensation for their services; Thercfore, Exempt. Be it enac ted by the General Assembly of 4laryland, That from and after the passage of this act, the servants of overseers of the county roads for Dorchester County, be, and they are hereby exempt front doing duty on the county roads for the time being. CHAPTER 52. Passed Jan. An additional supplement to an act, entitled, An act to provide for the building 12, 182!. a Bridge over Antietum Creek, in Washington County. Preamble. ViHEREAS, an act of assembly was passed at )ecember session, 18212, authorising the levy court of Washington County to levy on the taxable property of the said count), the sum of eighteen hundred dollars, for the pr 'pose of building a Bridge over AntLcatum Creck, at the place where the road leading from Boonsborough to Sharps- burgh crosses the said Creek; and -whereas it was provided by a sup- plement to the aforesaid act also passed at December session, 18212, that the levy court of the county aforesaid, should not be required to carry into effect the provisions of the original act aforesaid, unless upon such ompromise or arrangement with the Boonsborough Turn- pike Road Company, as they in their discretion might deem just and The quality of these images represent the quality of the microfiche that was digitized.

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