| 1786.
CHAP.
XXXII.
An election to
be held. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
IV. And be it
enacted, That to perpetuate and provide for the continuance of
the said corporate body, a general election shall be held for commissioners
of the
said town at Charles-town, on the first Monday in June, in the year seventeen
hundred and eighty-seven, and on the said first Monday in June every third
year
afterwards. |
None but residents
entitled
to vote,
&c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That no person shall be qualified to vote for commissioners,
or be chosen a commissioner, unless he shall be at the time of election
an actual resident of the said town, and shall be qualified by the laws
of the
state to vote for delegates to the general assembly; provided, that in
case of a
vacancy by death, removal or resignation, or any commissioner, between
the
times fixed for the general election, the remaining commissioners, or a
majority
of them, shall, with all convenient speed, elect a person or persons
qualified as above mentioned to fill such vacancy until the next general
election. |
Commissioners
to make
bye-laws, &c. |
VI. And be it
enacted, That the said commissioners, or their successors, be
empowered to make and ordain such bye-laws and regulations as may be deemed
necessary to promote the welfare of the said town, not contrary to the
laws of
this state. |
Sell the warehouse,
&c. |
VII. And be
it enacted, That the said commissioners be empowered, on a day
to be fixed by them, whereof ten days public notice must be given by advertisement
at the market-house, to sell by public vendue, or to lease, the stone warehouse
belonging to the said town, with the ground adjoining the same; also the
marsh and shores belonging to said town, and such vacant lots as have become
forfeited; the profits arising therefrom to be paid to the said commissioners,
to
be applied to the public use of the said town. |
And lease
lots, &c. |
VIII. And be
it enacted, That the said commissioners be empowered to lease
for a term of years, or sell in fee-simple, the said forfeited lots, without
any
condition of the purchaser building or erecting tenements on the same. |
When fairs
are to be held,
&c. |
IX. And be it
enacted, That the fair which is by law held on the third,
fourth, and fifth days of May annually, shall hereafter be annually held
on the
third Thursday in May, and the two following days, annually, and all
the privileges
granted by the former law, shall be extended to this period. |
Annual meetings
of commissioners. |
X. And be it
enacted, That the annual meetings of the commissioners for
perpetuating the bounds, and other business heretofore held on the tenth
day of
May, shall be for the future held on the first Monday in June, and adjourned
from day to day as the said commissioners shall deem necessary. |
Passed January
20. |
CHAP. XXXIII.
An ACT for marking and bounding lands. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS many differences and lawsuits have arisen
and may arise,
concerning the location of lands, held under courses and distances
only, contained in title papers thereof, the direction of the courses
varying in most instances, in a length of time, from the former running,
from
whence the descriptions of such lands were made in the certificates,
grants and
deeds thereof, and the marking and bounding lands in such manner, that
their
location would remain fixed and certain, would prevent differences and
lawsuits,
quiet possessions, and of course render lands more valuable; |
Persons seized
of lands may
apply for a
commission to
mark and
bound the
same, &c. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the general assembly of Maryland, That any person seized
of land held under courses and distances only, as to any of the lines thereof,
whether courses and distances only are mentioned in the grant or deed under
which such land is held, or by the loss of boundaries called for, the person
seized
is confined to course and distance, or seized of the reversion or remainder
on an
estate for life or lives therein, having given two months notice by advertisement
set up at the court-house door of the county, and by such advertisement
set up |
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