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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
PUBLIC GENERAL.
OFFICIAL.
C. HARDWOOD, Secretary Senate.
W. Il. COLE,
Chief Clerk House of Delegates.
CHAPTER 81,

CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT to add an article to the Code OF
q Public General Laws, in relation to the
Publication of Laws.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the General
ASSEMBLY Of Maryland That the following
Article be added to the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws, under the title of" Publication
of Laws"
l. Every Public General Law, which is
made to take effect before the first day OF
June next after the session at which II may
he passed, shall Immediately after It's PAS
sage be published at the expense ct the
State, daily for one week, in two daily news,
papers of the city of Baltimore, and one
newspaper in each county, having the larg,
est circulation, if there be a paper published
in said county.
,. Every Public Local Law, made to take
effect before the first day of June next, after
the session at which it may be passed, shall!
immediately after its passage be puDllsheu
once in each of three successive weeks IN all
the newspapers of the respective counties IN
which it may operate; and in case there Is
no newspaper published ia any county, then
in such manner as the County Commission
ers Of said county may direct and in case
any such law is to operate in the city OF Bal
timore, then once in each week for three
publ! sized in said city AS the Mayor thereof
may"airect and the Mayor and City Coun-
ell of>Baltimore, and the County Commits
sioners Of the seHsral counties. shall provide
for payment of the expenses OF such publ
cation.
3. A certified copy of every Public Local
Law made to take effect as aforesaid, shall
Immediately after its passage be transmitted
by mail, by the Secretary of the Senate, llt
the same Originated ia the Senate and by
the Chief CLERK of the House of Delegates,
(if the same e|ig inated in the House OF Del.
egates,) to the County Commissioners of
the county15r counties in which the same
may operate, or to the Mayor of the city of
Baltimore IF the same is to operate in that
city: and it shall be the duty Of the said
County Co.'S missioners and Mayor. upon
receipt of such certified copy, to have the
same published as provided in the preceding
section.
4. A ee-t:H ed copy of every Public Gen
eral Law made to take eject as aforesaid,
shall he transmitted by mail, by the Secre.
tary of the Senate, (if the game originated
in the Senate, and by the Chief Clerk of the
House of Delegates, (if the same originated
in the H0nse Of Delegates to such two
daily newspapers of the city Of Baltimore,
and one newspaper in each county, having
the largest circulation, (if there bc'a news
paper published in said county as the
President of'tke Senate and the Speaker of
the House of Delegates may respectively
designate for publication as provided in the
first section Of this Article.
SECTION 3 And be it further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
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CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT to regulate and make uniform til
III fees of Constables. ------

AN ACT to regulate and make uniform the
fees of Constables. D....
SECTION l. BE it enacted By the General
assembly of maryland, That all Public Lo
cal Laws relating to the fees of Constables
be and the same are hereby repealed
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That
the 18th and thirteenth sections of Article
thirty eight of the Code of the Public Cen
eral Laws, relating to the fees of Constables
be amended and re- enacted, so as to read as
follows: .., .,r.. ... .q.. .u.r
IL. The several Constables in this State
shall be entitled to demand and receive the
following fees, to wit ...,. .... ..Ia...
For serving State warrant and return, sew
enty- fee cents; for serving search warrant
seventy five cents; for serving summons in
civil suit and return, forty five cents for
serving summons for witness and return.
each witness, twenty cents for serving scieri
facias and return, forty cents; for levying
fieri facias and return, twenty cents; for de-
livering person committed overto the Jalo,,r,
for every mile he may have to travel, and
the actual necessary travelling expenses Of
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CHAPTER LII.

AN ACT TO amend and re enact section ten
of the fifth Article of the Code of Public
General Laws, entitled Appeals"
Section l. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That section ten
of Article fifth, of the Code of Public Lo
cal Laws, be amended and re enacted, so as
to read as follows:
TO- All appeals in. cases of mandamus or
questions arising under the insolvent, laws,
or exceptions taken on trials of issues sent
from the Orphans Court or courts Of equity,
orders granting ihjunctions, dissolving or
refusing to dissolve the same, appointing a
receiver, ratifyng or refusing TO ratify a
trustee sale, and all appeals from decisions
Of the Orphans Court, and from any judg-
ment or motious to set aside sales, or apply
money in the hands of the Sheriff; and all
appeals from decisions on matters of law,
made by the courts of Baltimore city, in re.
lation to the streets in said city, shall stand
for hearing at the first term after the trans
mission of the record.
Section 2 Be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the day of its passage,
Juno g 1Sfh-1w
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CHAPTER 1876.

CHAPTER 126.
AN ACT for the relief of certain parties in
debted to the State for sums due prior to
the first day Of August, eighteen hundred
and sixty, and certain parties against
whom suits have been instituted under the
directions of the Comptroller. in pursu.
ance of Resolution number twenty of the
General Assembly of Maryland, passed at
the session of eighteen hundred and six
one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
WHEREAS, The Comptroller of the State
was required and directed by Resolution
number twenty, of the General Assembly,
passed at the session of eighteen hundred
and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and
sxtytwo, thirty days after the passage of
the said resolution, to cause suits to be in
stituted against all parties indebted to the
State therein named and rhercas, many of
said claims are of long standing and it is de.
srable to secure the speedy settlement of
said Indebtedness to the State, and the State
to secure the prompt payment of the princi
pal, is willing to release the interest
Section /, BE 1t enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That all Clerks,
Registers of Wills, Notaries Public, Auc
tioneers, Foreign Insurance Agents, Colec
tors of Taxes and Sherifls, indebted to the
State for sums due prior TO the first day of
sureties upon their official bonds, be and
they are hereby released from the payment
OF the interest now due on the State claims
against them provided. that the amounts
due for the principal of said claims have
been paid or shall be paid into the treasury
on or before the first day of October, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty -fve; and prouided
tOther, that the aforesaid parties respec
lively, or their sureties shall pay on or be-
fore the first day of October, eighteen hun.
dred and sixty five, to the States Attorneys
Of the several counties and the city of Bati.
more five per centum commission on the
full amount of the judgments with interest
thereon, recovered by the State against
them in tie Circuit Courts for the several
counties. and the Superior and Common
Pleas Courts of Baltimore city, and the
Sheriff" fees and all costs which have been
incurred by the State in the prosecution of
said claims, the State thereby TO be released
from any commission and costs.
Section 2. Aud be it further enacted, That
the Comptroller, upon the payment of the
principal due on the aforesaid claims as
hereinbefore provided, and all costs, and
upon being satisfied that the commissions to
the State Attorneys and the Sheriff fees
have been paid MS hereinbefore required,
shall have the judgments which have been
recorded against the parties or their sureties
entered " satisfied, and the accounts in the
Comptroller Office against any of said par
ties complying with the conditions herein
prescribed, shall be balanced aud entered
adjusted.
Section 8. And be it enacted That this
act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
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CHAPTER lie.
AN ACT to Appropriate sum of money

AN ACI 10 appropriate q sum OF moHey 10
the Home of tie Friendlesss
SECTION 1. Belt enacted by the General
assembly of Maryland, That the Comptrol-
Ter of the Treasury be and he is hereby au-
thorized and required to draw his warrant on
the Treasurer of the State for the sum of one
thousand dollars IT. favor of the Home of the
Friendlcss.
SEC. 2. Be 1t enacted, That this &C. shall
take effect and be force from the date of its
passage.
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Reporter, who shall be entitled to the copy.
wright of the volumes.
Sec &. The State shall take two hundred
copies Of each volume of said reports bound
in Zine law calf at the price Of six dollars
per volume, delivered at the State Library.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect from and after the first
Monday of April, eighteen hundred and
sixty nYe.
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Rhodes, super-Phosphate.

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IL of Bones treated with Sn,ptHrtc Acid
" RHODES'" the long established Manure
in the American market-besides having
European epntation-cannot be eScelled
for the culture of Oats, Corn, Tobacco and
Roof Crops Also, Top Dyessing on the Grc'o.
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N Office is hereby given that applica ton
IN will be made to the Commissioners of
Cecil county, at their first regular meeting
after the 9Th day of June, next, for the ap.
pointment Of Examiners to view aud deter
mine the propriety Of vacating the present
road from Wilson Sidwell's Mill to the Har
mony NJ. P. Church, in the 7th District, and
opening new road to run through valley
adjacent to the present location, through
lands of Wilson Sidwell, James Graham,
VIM. Griffee and VIM. Harris, TO a point near
VIM. Harris' gate. on the Rowlandsvill and
Battle Swamp road. lmay 6, 1865 -6w
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CHAPTER l13.

AN ACT to repeal and amend the eighty,
first Article of the Code of Public General
Laws relating to Revenue and Taxes.
Section l. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the sixth sec.
ton of the eighty first Article of the Code
of Public General Laws, be and the same is
hereby repealed, and the following section
enacted in lieu thereof
Section 6. The County Commissioners of
the several counties in this State, are hereby
directed to strike from their respective as
sessment books, all slave property of every
description and class heretofore assessed ac-
cording to law, and in future no taxes of
any kind shall be levied on the assessed val
ue Of said slaves, nothing however in this
section is intended to release taxes levied on
slaves IS property prior to the first day of
November, eighteen hundred and sixty four,
or to interfere in any way with the collection
thereof
Section 2. And be 1t enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
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CHA PIER 125..
CHAR / En 10.
AN ACT to heal deeds of Manumission de
4 l.

AN ACT to heal deeds of Manumission de,
fectively executed or omitted to be record
ed.
Section l. BE 1t enacted by tie General
Assembly Of Maryland, That all deeds OF
manumssion executed before the first day
of November eighteen hundred and sixty
four, and acknowledged by the party execu.
ting the same before a Justice Of the Peace
of this State, under which the negroes there.
by intended to be manumitted have been in
actual enjoyment of freedom, shall be held
to have the same effect from the time of the
execution thereof as if the same had been
attended by two witnesses and recorded, and
had been in other respects in conformity
with the then existing provisions Of law.
Section 2. And be 1t enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the time of its passage.
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CUAPTI,R IL.

AN ACTto make valid the official acts Of
Justices nf the Peace and Conslables who
Jailed to qualify o"d-, ;.e Now Constitu.
ion within the required time, aud who
have been re appointed and since qualified
according to law.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted by the General
assembly of Maryland, That all the official
acts of Justices Of the Peace and Constables
of this State who failed to qualify within the
time required by the present Constitution.
and who have been re'appointed to said
offices respectively and since qualified as re
quired by said Constitution and laws, be aud
the same are hereby made legal and valid in
all respects as if the said Justices of the
Peace and Constables had been legally
qualified and authorized to perform such
official acts at the times said acts and each
of them were performed.
Sec. 2. And be 1t enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date Of its passage.
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CHAPTER IS.


AN ACT to amend and re- enact the six.
teenth section of the fiftieth Article of the
Code of Public General Laws relating to
the pay of Jurors, and to repeal all local
laws on the subject of pay of Jurors.
Section l. BE 1t enacted by the General
assembly Of Maryland, That the sixteenth
section of the fftieth Article of the Code of
Public General Laws relating to the pay of
Jurors, be and the same is hereby amended
and re enacted, so as to read as follows
16. "Jurors shall receive two dollars and
a half per day, for each and every day they
shall attend the several courts OF this State
as Jurors, and fifteen cents for each mile
over five miles, for going to and returning
from the court once in each term, to be paid
by the counties or city respectively in which
such courts are held.
Section 2. And be 1t enacted, That all the
sections of the several articles of the Code
of Public Local Laws relating to the pay
and mileage of Jurors be and the same are
hereby repealed
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
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CHAPTER GS.
CHAPTER 6S.
AN ACT to amend and re-enact section two
of article tbirty-three of the Code of Pub

AN All to amend ana re- enact section TWO
of article thirty three of the Code of Pub
lie General Lars, relating to the educa-
ton of the Deaf and Dumb.
Section l. BE 1t enacted Jy the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That section two of
article thirty three of the Code of Public
General Laws, relating to the education of
the Deaf and Dumb, be and the same is
hereby amended and re enacted so as to read
as follows
2. On receiving the certificate of the
County Commissioners, or Of the Mayor md
City Council of Baltimore as aforesaid, it
shall be the duty of the Governor to author
ize the instruction Of said deaf and dumb
person in the Columbian Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb. for term not exceeding
seven years +; and it shall be the further duty
of the Governor, on the certificate Of the
President of said institution, to order the
Comptroller of the Treasury to draw his
warrant on the Treasurer of this State for
two hundred dollars per annum, for each
deaf and dumb person taught in pursuance
of his authority at said institution, payable
to the President thereof, in quarterly pay
ments, on The first days of January, April
July and October in each year; and the
Governor shall also order the Comptroller
of the Treasury to draw on the Treasury his
muiiai1; yoplC W ti' Pa opCi l"i ioi VIC
expenses necessarily incurred in transporting
and returning said deaf and dumb person
prori3ed, that the whole amount drawn from
the Treasury, for the purposes aforesaid,
shall not exceed seven thousand five hundred
dollars in any one year. prorided further,
that the Governor shall dispose of applca
tons in behalf of deaf and dumb persons,
under the provisions of this article, in the
order in whc, they may be made and if
the applications be more than sufficient to
absorb the foregoing appropriation, he shall
suspend the action upon the excess until va
cancies occur, or further provision be made
by the General Assembly.
Sec. 2. and be it further enacted, That
the yearly rate per capita, for the instruction
Of deaf and dumb persons, as provided for
in the foregoing section, shall be allowed
during the period for which payment will be-
come due on the first day of April, eighteen
hundred and sixty-fve.
Sec. 8. And be 1t further enacted, That
to enable the Governor to carry out the pro-
visions of this act, the sum OF two thousand
five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, in addition to the appro-
priation already made, be and the same is
hereby appropriated for the year ending on
the first day of January, eighteen hundred
and sixty-slx. .,
Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from its passage.
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CHAPTER Al.

AN ACT to add new eection to Article
twenty. four Of the Code OF Public General
Laws entitled " Conveyancing," to pro-
vide for the execution, acknowledgement
and recording of bonds Of conveyance and
other obligations to convey real estate and
to make valid such instruments as may
have been heretofore executed, acknowl-
edged and recorded.
SECTION !. Be it enacted by The General
assembly of Maryland, I hat the following
section be inserted In Article twenty four OF
the Code of Public General Laws entitled
Conveyancing, next after section twenty
seven of said Article.
Every bond, writing, obligatory, or con-
tract for the conveyance Of real estate, or
any interest or estate of, in, or relating to
real estate, and every bond, writing, obliga-
tory or contract for the leasing and demising
for any term of years of real estate, may be
executed, acknowledged and recorded in the
same manner as deeds of real estate are re-
ouired by this Article to be executed, &C.
knowledged and recorded, and as if such
bonds, writings, obligatory and contracts,
were deeds as aforesaid: and u certified
copy of the record of any such bond, writing,
obligatory or contract, shall be received as
evidence of such bond writing, obligatory
or contract, as fully as like copy of the
record of any such deed duly executed, ac-
knowledged and recorded in the manner
aforesaid, would be evidence of such deed.
Sec. 2. and be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the day of its passage.
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CHAPTER &c.

AN ACT repeating certain sections of the
twenty ninth Article of the Code of Public
General Laws relating to Special Judges,
and euacting other sections in lieu thereof.
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted by the General
assembly Of Maryland, That sections seven
ty two, seventy: three, seventy four, seventy
five, seventy six, seventy seven, seventy.
eight, seventy. nisse, eighty and eighty one,
ofArticle twenty nine Of the Code Of Public
General Laws, entitled, "Courts," be and
the same are hereby repealed, and that the
following sections relating to the appoint
ment Of Especial Judges" in the place of
the sections so repealed. .. . .f,t,7.L
~. If theJudge of any Circuit Court or
any Court in Baltimore city, is connected
with party in controversy by consanguinity
or affinity within the fourth degree, counting
down from the common ancestor to the more
remote, he shall be disqualified from sitting
in such cause, nor shall he sit in any cause
wherein he may be interested, or in which
he shall have been Of counsel, nor in any
case where in his opinion it would be impro-
per for him to sit, by reason of his relation
to, or connection with any Of the parties to
such cause, and where any Judge is so dis
qualified, Special Judge shall be appointed
IN his place, in the manner herein provided
70. Whenever the Judge Of any Circuit
Court, or Of any court in the city Of Balti
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Road Notice.

June 3, 1sG5-1w
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-03-30
PROCLAMATION,
IN ACCORDANeE WITH rHE

| / n ACCORDANCE WITH THE Pro-
| i vision Of the SECOND section Of an act passed
april IL, 1857, supplementary to sn act EMIT ed
An Act TO provlce for the Organisation of Dities
and Incorporated Will ges" passed May 3, 1852, l,
GEoRGE B. sESTEH, Mayor Of this City Of Cleve-
land do hereby notify and require the qualiaed
hleetOrs Of said city 10 assemb the fist Mon
day OF April next, bsing The third day Of said
month, at or before the hosr of ten O'Clock A. NJ.
of said day, ct the following places in the several
wards in said city, viz.
In the lst Ward, at the Engine House on Cham
plain street.
In the I'd Ward, at the Rockwell Street School
House.
In the Sd Ward, at the School Room in Basement
Of the Bethel Church, Water street.
In the 4th Ward, ct the Engine House No. 8,
Huntington street.
In the 9Th Ward, at the School HOnse, St. Clair
street east Of Muirson street.
In the 9th Ward, at the 81 Wigwam,' (so called
on ScoVil avenue.
In the 7tb Ward, at the Engine House No. 5, on
Phillip street.
In the 8th Ward. at the Station House on Yer
mont street
In the 9Th Ward, at the Engine House on Church
street.
In the 10th Ward, at the Basement of the Ken
tucHy Street sobool House.
In the llth Ward, at the Engine House No. 10,
on LoTain street.
And said electors will then snd there, before the
hour Of six o'clock P. NJ. of said day, proceed 10
elect one Mayor, one Commissioner Of Water
Works, one Police Judge, one Clerk Of the Police
Court, one City Attorney, one City Marshal one
City Commissioner, one Director Of Inirmary, one
City Sexton, one City Treasurer, one sealer OF
Weights and Measures, two Justices Of the Peace.
and eight Constabes, from the City at large, and
one Trustee for the First W,Jrd. one Trustee for
the Second Ward, one Trustee for the Third Ward,
one Trustee for the Fourth Ward, one Trustee for
the Fifth Ward, one Trustee for the Sixth Word,
one Trustee for tine SeYeAth Ward, one Trustee for
the Eishth Ward, one Trustee for the Ninth Ward,
one Trustee for the Tenth Ward, one Trustee for
the Eleventh Ward, who reside in their respective
Wards; and also one Assessor for each Ward; and
one member of the Board Of Education from the
First Ward, one from the Sec md Ward, one from
the Sixth Ward, one from the Eighth Ward, one
from the Ninth v ard, one f.Om tue Tenth " ard
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand,
r. and affixed the seal Of said city, this 2Uth
H. 81 day of March, A. D 1885.
mch2O:l9s GEO. B. eENTER, Mayor.