Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-24


site and buildings in lieu thereof
Section l. BE at enacted By the General assembly
Of Mdryldnd, That tho Governor, Comptroller and
Treasurer of this State be and they are hereby au-
thorzed to convey to the United States of America
addition to the site of the Naval School at An
napOliS by deed duly.eXecuted, acknowledged, and
recorded, such terms, and for such considerations
as they may deem Just and proper, the square lot
of ground, with the mansion and appurtenances,
lying between the harbor Hanover street. Governors
street and Scot street. in the city of Annapolis which
since the establishment of the Government has been
this State
Section 2. And be it enacted, That the Governor.
comptroller and Treasurer, SHALL with the proceeds
OF the property authorized herein to be sold and
$bcR otner money as may be appropriated by law for
the name of the State Of Maryland lot or parcel Of
ground IN Annapolis a site for the future resi-
dence OF the Governor of Maryland, and by erecting
buildings and improvements thereon pxoyide n
pose. -'i UH"' pun
Sections. And be it enacted That this act shall
take effect from the date ofits passage. mh22-Iw
BILL entitled An Act to repeal sectiors +,vo o,I
three OF an act passed at January session 1Sf5
chapter 49, entitled AN Act to amend nm Bct nn
iltted An Act to aid and encourage enlistments
INTO the Maryland regiments, in the service of tha
United States passed 1864, chapter Is. and to pro
vida for the. prompt payment of the bountics
therein speched and to repeal section four of said
act, and 70 re-enact the same so as to make the
bounties therein specified payable to the widows
anu helrs Of deceased soldiers" and to re-onact
and amend the same.
Whereas, under sections two and three of the Act
OF 1900, chapter ~ certificate is required IN The
case Of negroes. from the United States R1ard ~
Claims heretofore in session in tho city of Ratimorc
IN addition to the evidence required IN tie cGse Of
ache O0t31teers from the Acting Assistant Provost
Eiarsnal General for Maryland or from any other
duly authorized officer of the United States certifv
ing mat such persons credited upon tho nuofo
OF the State to enable the Treasurer to nav them o
state bounty due them by virtue of their enlistment
And Wbarnae ITO TO the s quota Of this State
C ~ mas been dissolved by order of the Secretary
Section |. Be enacted Jy the General Ass.n,bJ #
Moltlaad That sections two and three of an Act
passed at January session. 1865. chapter 40 entitled
An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act 10 AID
and encourage enlistments into the MARYLAND rrg;
ments IN the service OF the United States passed
lSol chapter TO- ana to provide for the PROMPT paw
ment of the bountie5 therein speefed and fn rrnnoI
section four of said ac and to re-enact the same m
as to make the bounties therein specified pavsble To
the widows and heirs of deceased soldiers y be and
the same are hereby repealed re-enacted and amend
ed so as to read us follows.
Section 2. And be ii e.acted That the Treasurer Of
the State upon receipt of lists of such persons from
the acting Assistant Provost Marshal for Maryland
or from any other duly authorized officer of the Uni
ted States certifying that such persons were credited
upon the quota of this State, be and he is hereby an
th0rzed and directed upon the warrant of the Conn
troer to pay to every such soldier volunteer Or
other person. the whole amount of the bounties pro
vided by the laws referred to- to he maid IN tbnO,
respectively, anything contained in said law or laws
to the contrary Notwithstanding provided ho1,ener
person designated slave in the third section
OF the said act OF eighteen hundred and siyty-four
who shall, from the returns made to the Comptroller
so enllstlng aforesaid. ''
Section 8. ind be it enacted, That the Treasurer
snail, upon the warrant of the COMPTROLLER nav t6e
bounty of hundred dollars provided bv sac+; ;n
three OF the act to which this is supplement to the
former owner OF every person designated in said sec
pOh as negro slave who shall appear to have
been enlisted in the service of the United States from
this State. by lists certificates as provided for in
the preceding section of this act and every claimant
or master as aforesaid shall file his own affidavit of
ownership and the sworn testimony of two witnesses
cognizant Of the fact.
Section 4. And be ii enacted, That this act shall
take elect from the date of its passage. NH %
BILL, entitled d supplement to an Act 70 incor
porate the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,
passed at December session. eighteen hundred and
twenty-three, chapter one hundred forty.
MdryIdnd That the President and Directors of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, be and thew
are hereby authorized and empowered to sell, OF
otherwise dispose oft the presenter any future owner
or owners OF the flour mill at Weveron, Maryland,
Grafton, the waste water Of the said Canal at The
aforesaid village of WevertOn for the purpose of of
9rdiDg sufficient water power to said mill to enable
the present or any future owner or owners of said
mill 10 properly carry on the business of milling
Section 2. And be 1t enacted, That the said Pres-
dent and Directors OF said Canal also hereby au-
thorized and empowered to grant to the present or
any future owner or owners of said mill full power
and authority to divert the course of the said waste
water OF SAID Canal IN such manner and to such en-
tent as will enable said owner or owners fully and
ehectuaE to carry out the provisions of the preced-
Section 5. Ad be ii enacted That all laws or parts
of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act
be, and the same are hereby repealed
Section 4. and be 1t enacted That this act shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage
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ton of the Act, passed the twenty-fourh day of
March. eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled
Marriages and Deaths.'
Section |. BE Il enacted 5v the General AssemBly of
Mdlydd. That the second section of the act passed
on the twenty-fourth day of March eighteen hun
dred and sixty five chapter hundred and thirty
is hereby amended and re-enacted so as TO read Ss
follows: '- 10
2. In the record book of Marriages, the name resi-
dence age, color, condition whether single widow or
the date OF record, which said particulars with tho
exception of the date of the record shall he ascpr-
tanned and inserted IN the body of the marriage Ii
cense by the clerk issuing the same and at the time
thereof and the date. place of marriage, name resi-
dence and Official station. or title of the person
SolemnlZng 1t shall be duly stated certified on the
back of said license by the person thus solemnizngit
and return thereof made as hereinafter provided and
for all of which said particulars suitable blank forms
snail De furnished by the Comptroller Of the Treasury
Section Andte Il enacted, That this act shall take
elect from the date of its passage. mh22-1w
A BILL entitled an Act to authorize the Judges of
the Orphans Courts in the several counties who
had charge OF the Free School Fund, to pay ont
of any money in their hands belonging to the said
fund, to the present Registers of Wills, or late Re-
glserS OF Wills under the Constitution of 1851 for
their services reasonable compensation in pre-
serving and keeping the school fund from 1851 to
the present time.
Section l. BE 1t enacted Ly the General Assembly of
Mdrgtand, That the Judges of the Orphans Courts
in the several Counties who had charge of the Free
School Fund, be and they are hereby authorized to
| pay out OF any money in their hands belonging to
the late Register of wills under the Consution of of
1851 for their services reasonable compensation in
preserving and keeping the school fund from 1851 to
Sec 2. And be 1t enacted That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage. mh22-lw
BILL entitled An Act to repeal section 50 of Ar
cle q of the Code of Public General Laws of the
| State of Maryland, and re-enact the same with
amendments.
Section l. BE 1t enacted Jv the General AsscnaJl of
MoyIand, That section thirty-eight of Article TWEEN
tyeight of the Code of Public General Laws entitled
private roads be repealed and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:
Section 80. Any owner or owners of mill, factory
dlstlllery, quarry or limekiln situated within one
mile OF any railroad may apply to the County Com
Vate road from each MILL factory, distilery quarry
or me-kiln to the most convenient place for inter
sectlng such railroad; and such application the
| County Commissioners shall proceed in the same
manner and with the same powers as if such appli-
cation were for private road to a farm.
Section 2. BE 1t enacted That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage. mh22-lw
A BILL entitled An Act to appropriate sum of
city.
Section l. Be Il enacted bv the General Ass.n1z,o f
Maryland, That the Comptroller of the Treasury be-
and he is hereby authorized and required to draw his
warrant on the Treasurer Of the State foF the SUN of
Asylum of Baltimore city.
Section 2. And be Il enacted, That this Act shall
take effect and be in force from the date of its pas
sage. mh22-lw
BILL entitled Act to aid in the reorganization
of st. Johns College.
Whereas, The visitors and governors of st. Johns
College have had restored to them the College build
ings and premises which have been occupied by the
Federal Government since October, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, for military purposes and are about
to resume their collegiate course construction there
in, therefore
Section l. Be enacted By the General AssesaJlv of
Mdryiand That the conditions annexed to the sever
al appropriations for the payment of the annuity of
three thousand dollars to that college contained in
the several general appropriation bills heretofore
passedbe and the same hereby repealed; and the
Treasurer, upon the warrant of the Comptroller be-
and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to
the order of the said visitors and governors these sus
pended appropriations.
Section 2 And be It enacted That the Treasurer on
the warrant of the Comptroller be- and he is hereby
authorized and directed in addition to the sum of
three thousand dollars, now annually paid to the
said visitors and governors to pay to their order the
sum of twelve thousand dollars annually on and
after the first day of June eighteen hundred and six
ty-eight, for and during the term of five years.
Section 3. And be II enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage. mh22-lw
A BILL entitled an Act amendatory of an Act en-
titled ''an Act to establish and endow an Agricni-
in