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CHAP. 101. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
Segill of said city, devised to them by his last will and testament,
and a codicil thereto, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for
the use of said Methodist church: And whereas, doubts have arisen
as to the validity of that part of said will; for remedy whereof, |
| Devise made valid. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
a devise made by Milbourne Segill, late of the city of Annapolis,
deceased, to the Reverend Joseph Wyatt and others, for the use of
the Methodist church of said city, be and the same is hereby made
valid, any law, usage or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. |
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Passed Dec. 27.
* Ch. 57. |
CHAP. CII.
An Act, entitled, A supplement to the act of seventeen hundred and
eighty-five*, and the supplementary acts thereto, which
provide for
the Poor of Dorchester County. Lib. TH. No.
3, fol. 119.
This act repealed by Nov. 1812, ch. 12. |
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Passed Dec. 27. |
CHAP. CIII.
An Act for the benefit of the Vestry of St. George's Parish, in
Harford
County. Lib. TH. No. 3, fol. 121. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS the vestry of St. George's Parish in Harford
county,
by their petition to this general assembly have set forth, that they
have purchased of James Lee, one and one-fourth of an acre of land,
on the thirteenth day of March, seventeen hundred and fifty-two,
and that on the same day they also purchased of John Dunn, one
and three-fourths of an acre of land, upon which the Deer Creek
Chapel now stands; that deeds of conveyance were executed for the
same to the said vestry, by the said Lee and Dunn, but from some
neglect, have not been recorded, and that they are now lost, and
have prayed that their title to said lands may be confirmed, and
commissioners be appointed to settle the boundaries thereof; therefore, |
Commissioners appointed
and authorised
to ascertain
boundaries of certain
lots.
† Ch. 33. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
James Steel, John Ashmore, Richard Kenley, John Quarles and
Reuben Stump, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners,
and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to settle
and ascertain from the best evidence that can be procured, the original
location and boundaries of the lot or lots of land, or of such
part, (if not the whole,) as have been in possession of the vestry
of St. George's Parish in Harford county, upon which the Deer
Creek Chapel stands; and the said commissioners are hereby vested
with all and singular the powers given by the act of seventeen
hundred and eighty-six †, to commissioners for marking and bounding
land, and the several supplements thereto; and that they shall
proceed in the same manner as by said act directed, and make a
correct return of their proceeding, with a plot of such land as by
them so found, to the clerk of Harford county court, there to be
recorded. |
In case no action
be brought within
a certain time,
said land shall be
confirmed to the
vestry. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case no suit
or action be
brought within the time limited by the act aforesaid, for marking
and bounding land, to call in question the adjudication of the commissioners,
the marking and bounding said land as aforesaid, and
the record thereof, shall be conclusive evidence of the original location
thereof; or if the adjudication of the commissioners shall be
confirmed by verdict of a jury in any suit as aforesaid, the adjudication |
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