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ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
at the mouth of Will's Creek, in Allegany county, and which have
been since erected into a town, called Cumberland; that the whole
or greater part of said lots were sold and conveyed by deeds, reserving
to the grantor one dollar as an annual ground rent, to be
paid quarterly; that a great many of the persons so buying and receiving
titles, has since removed to a distance, leaving the said lots
unimproved, so that it becomes impossible for the said Beall to collect
or enforce the payment of his ground-rents, and the improvement
of the town also greatly retarded, from the lots being so imcumbered
to a greater amount than their value; for remedy whereof, |
1806.
CHAP. 91. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for the said Thomas Beall, of Samuel,
in all cases where conveyances for any lot or lots in the said town
of Cumberland have been made by him, on which there are no improvements,
and which stand covered with, and indebted to him
for, ground-rent, to offer the same at public sale to the highest bidder,
upon a credit of sixty days, and upon the money being paid,
to convey, by deed, the lots thus sold to the respective purchasers,
and the titles or conveyances thus made shall be good and available
in law against the said Beall, and against the person or persons
claiming under the deed or deeds by which the rents were reserved
to the said Beall; Provided nevertheless, and it is hereby made
the
duty of the said Beall, before any sale shall take place as above
authorised, first to give eight months notice in the National Intelligencer,
in the Washington Federalist, and in any two papers published
in Baltimore, pointing out the day of sale, and requiring all
persons holding lots in the said town of Cumberland on which
ground-rents are due as above, to come forward, on or before said
day, and discharge the same, otherwise they will then be sold as by
this act is directed. |
Certain lots may
be sold by Thomas
Beall, of
Samuel.
Proviso. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That where any lot shall
sell for more
than the ground-rent claimed, the same shall be paid over to the
clerk of Allegany county, to be held for the use of, and until
called for by, the person, or his heirs, claiming under the title originally
made by said Beall for the said lot; and it is hereby made
the duty of the said Thomas Beall, before he proceeds to sell as
aforesaid, to lodge with the clerk of the county, upon oath, a
statement of the amount of rents claimed by him, and due upon each
lot respectively he may be authorised to sell under this act, together
with a copy of the advertisement, to satisfy and shew, that the
notice hereby required shall have been duly given. |
Lots selling for
more than ground-rent
claimed, the
same may be paid
over to clerk, &c. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That where any lot or
lots shall be sold
under this act as before directed, the person or persons holding or
claiming under the first or original conveyance made by said Beall
for any of the said lots, shall have the privilege of redeeming the
same at any time within two years from the day of sale, by paying
to the purchaser the sum, with interest, he may have paid for, and
purchase any of the said lots at, and upon the money being so paid
to him, shall thereupon convey the same to the person claiming and
paying under the privilege hereby granted; Provided nevertheless,
that where any lot or lots purchased under this act shall have been
built upon, or otherwise improved, the buildings or improvements
so made shall be paid for by the person claiming, together with the |
Persons claiming
under original
conveyance may
redeem lots, &c.
Proviso. |
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