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JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE,. GOVERNOR. NOVEMBER,
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III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said ground, when it shall be laid off, and a certificate
thereof returned as aforesaid, shall and may immediately thereafter be taken possession of by doctor
James Andcrson, senior, William Hamor, William McKenny, William Harris and Peter Snyder,
as trustees of the methodist episcopal church, for the purpose of building a meeting-house thereon.
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C H A P
XXXVIL
Possession
may be taken,
&c.
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IV. AND, to enable the said trustees more effectually to carry into execution the intention of
this act, BE IT ENACTED, That the said doctor James Anderson, senior, William Hamor, Wil-
liam McKenny, William Harris and Peter Snyder, and their successors, to be appointed as herein
after mentioned, shall have power to receive all monies already subscribed, and if necessary, to
obtain further subscriptions for building the said meeting-house, and to purchase materials, and
contract with workmen for completing the same; and the said meeting-house, when built, shall be
vested in the said trustees, and their successors for ever, who are hereby declared to be a body
corporate, and as such shall have perpetual succession ; provided, that nothing in this act contain-
ed shall be so construed as to give the said trustees, or their successors, any other powers than
those herein enumerated.
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Persons to re-
ceive money
&c.
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V. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the aforesaid trustees, and their successors, or a majority of
them, shall, on the death, resignation, disqualification, or removal from Kent county, of any one
or more of their number, appoint another trustee or trustees to fill the vacancy occasioned by
such death, resignation, disqualification or removal.
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How vacancies-
are to be filled.
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VI. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the aforesaid trustees, or their successors, shall have power
to purchase and hold a quantity of ground, not exceeding one acre, for a burial-ground, provided
the same shall not be within the limits of Chester-town.
C H A P. XXXVIII.
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Trustees may
purchase, &,c.
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An ACT to pay the civil list, and other expences of civil govern-
ment.
WHEREAS those who dedicate their time, abilities and labour, to the public, ought to re-
ceive a reasonable and adequate compensation for their services,
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Passed 31st of
Dec. 1801.
Preamble.
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II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the following officers of civil go-
vernment for the time being shall be entitled to receive at the rate of the following salaries, in
current money, for the ensuing year, to wit: The treasurer of the western shore two thousand
dollars, the treasurer of the eastern shore four hundred and fifty dollars, the auditor eight hun-
dred dollars, the clerk of the council eight hundred dollars, the clerk of the senate one hundred
and fifty dollars, the clerk of the house of delegates three hundred dollars, the printer to the state
one thousand dollars, the messenger to the council two hundred and fifty dollars.
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Officers sala-
ries.
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III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all monies which shall remain in the treasury, after discharging
the journal of accounts, and all unappropriated money which may come into the treasury, be first
applied to the payment of the civil list for the ensuing year
C H A P. XXXIX.
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Monies to be
first applied,
&c.
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A Supplement to the ad, entitled, An act to alter the times of hold-
ing the county courts of Frederick and Washington counties.
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Passed 31st of
Dec. 1801.
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WHEREAS it hath been represented to this general assembly, that since the passage of the
act to which this is a supplement, divers process hath been issued by the clerk of Frederick
county court, returnable on other days than by law directed; therefore,
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Preamble.
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II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all process heretofore issued, or
which may be issued, in Frederick county court, returnable to the third Monday in March next,
shall be returned, and hereby is made returnable, to the court to be held in said county on the
first Monday in February next.
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Process to be
returned, &,c.
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III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all acts, things and proceedings, heretofore bylaw directed to
be done and performed at the. March term of the said court of Frederick county, shall, from and
after the passing of this act, be done and performed at the February term of said court, and
that all acts, things and proceedings, heretofore by law directed to be done and performed at the
November
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Acts, &c, when.
to be done, &c
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