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CHAP.
VI. |
3 HENRY HARFORD, Esq;
against whom such writ or writs shall issue for that purpose; and during
the attendance
of the sheriff of Harford county at Baltimore county court, he shall have
a power to confine in Baltimore county gaol, if he should think it necessary,
such
persons as he shall have in execution; but after his attendance shall be
dispensed
with by the said court, he shall then, in a reasonable time, remove such
persons
as he shall have in execution to Harford county gaol, there to be kept
till legally
discharged. |
Levies assessed,
how to be
applied. |
XII. And be
it enacted, That the public and county levy, now assessed or levied,
or to be levied and assessed, by the justices of Baltimore county court,
at their
levy court for the present year, shall and may be collected and received
by the sheriff
of Baltimore county, as well of the taxable inhabitants of Harford as of
Baltimore
county, and collected, accounted for and applied, in such manner as the
said public and county levy would have been collected, accounted for and
applied,
had this act never been made. |
Delegates for
Baltimore to
retain their
fees, &c. |
XIII. And be
it enacted, That the several delegates for Baltimore county shall
retain their seats, and that such of them as are residents in Baltimore
county, after
the division aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken as delegates for that
county,
and such of them as are residents in Harford county, shall be deemed and
taken as
delegates for that county, and writs of election shall issue to make up
the number
of delegates wanted in either county, to complete the usual and common
county
representation. |
When courts
are to be held. |
XIV. And be
it enacted, That the county court of Harford county shall begin,
and be held yearly, on the fourth Tuesdays of those months in which other
county
courts are held, and shall have equal power and jurisdiction with any county
court
in this province. |
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CHAP. VII.
An ACT for the amendment of the law. |
Persons under
age, &c. possessed
of lands
in trust, &c.
shall, on petition,
convey
such lands as
the court of
chancery shall
direct, &c. |
BE it enacted,
by
the right honourable the lord proprietary, by and with the advice
and consent of his governor, and the upper and lower houses of assembly,
and the authority of the same, That from and after this session
of assembly,
persons under the age of one and twenty years, and persons being idiot,
lunatic, or
non compos mentis, seized or possessed of any lands, tenements or
hereditaments, in
trust, or by way of mortgage, or seized or possessed thereof, charged or
chargeable
with the payment of money or tobacco, and therefore subject or liable to
a decree
for sale, or bound, by an agreement, to convey, made by some person or
persons
having right or title to make such agreement, and therefor subject or liable
to a
decree for conveyance, on a suit for a specific performance or execution
of such
agreement, shall, by the direction of the court of chancery, signified
by an order
made upon the hearing of all persons concerned, on the petition of the
person or
persons for whom such infant or infants, or persons being idiot, lunatic,
or non
compos mentis, or his, her or their committee or committees, in his,
her or their
name or names, shall be seized or possessed in trust, or of the mortgagor
or mortgagors,
or other person or persons entitled to redemption, or person or persons
entitled
to money or tobacco, secured by or upon the said lands, tenements or hereditaments,
or of the person or persons entitled to any money or tobacco, with the
payment whereof the said lands, tenements or hereditaments, are or shall
be charged
or chargeable, or of the person or persons entitled to a specific performance
or
execution of such agreement, as aforesaid, convey and assure any such lands,
tenements
or hereditaments, in such manner as the court of chancery shall, by such
order so to be obtained, direct, to any other person or persons; and such
conveyance
or assurance, so to be had and made as aforesaid, shall be as good and
effectual
in law, as if such infant or infants were, at the time of making such conveyance
or assurance, of the full age of twenty-one years, and the conveyance or
assurance,
so to be had and made as aforesaid, in the case of persons being idiot,
lunatic,
or non compos mentis, shall, in like manner, be as good and effectual,
as if
the said person or persons was or were, at the time of making such conveyance
or
assurance, of sound mind, memory and understanding, and had by him, her
or |
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