The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-05-10

chapter three hundred and sixty-nine
passed at January session eighteen hun
dred and seventy, entitled ian Act to au
thoriZe the County Commissioners of Har.
ford county to sell part of the Poor
house farm, and to erect suitable build
ings for the use of the paupers of said
county, and to levy sum Of money fol-
that purpose"
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That chapter three
hundred and sixty-nine, passed at January
session, eighteen hundred and seventy, en-.
titled ian Act to authorize the County Com
missioners of Hartford county to sell part
of the Poorhouse farm, and to erect suit.
able buildings for the use of the paupers
of said county, and to levy sum Of money
for that purpose be and the same is here.
by repealed, amended and re-enacted, so as
to read as follows:
/. And be it enacted, That the County
Commissioners of Hartford county be and
they are hereby authorized and empower.
ed, in their discretion, to sell, either at pri
vate or public sale, either in whole, or in
lots, or parcels, as they in their judgment
may deem best for the interest of said coun.
ty, and upon such terms as they may deem
most eXpedient, all that part of the land OF
farm situated in Hartford county, called OF
known as the Almshouse or Poorhouse farm
of Hartford county, which lies on the north
ern side of the Public road which leads
from Walters mill to the Hartford turnpike
and the said County Commissioners arc
hereby empowered, upon the payment o.
the purchase money, to convey by deed tc
the purchaser or purchasers of said land
the entire interest of Hartford county ir
and to the same; procided, that nothing il
this Act shall be so construed as to compe
the said County Commissioners to sell the
land they are hereby authorized and en-
powered to sell, but they are to sell only
in their discretion.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That tho
said County Commissioners are also au
thorized and empowered to expend, in 6
judicious manner, the proceeds of the sales
of the land, which they are herein author
lied and empowered to sell, in the erection
of suitable buildings on or near the present
site of the Almshouse of Hartford county
for the use and accommodation of the pau,
pers of said county, and in their discretion
to levy, at their next annual levy, the sun
of five thousand dollars or so much there
of as in their judgment may be necessary
on the assessable property of said county
to he expended by said Commissioners, il
addition to the proceeds of the sales of thu
land they are herein authorized and EN-
powered to sell in the erection of sale
Almshouse buildings.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the sale
County Commissioners are hereby author
lied and empowered to enter into any con
tract or contracts that may be necessary tt
carry out the purposes Of this Act
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this Ac
shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
Approved March 20, 1872.
We do hereby certify that the aforego
ing is correct copy of an Act of the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, passed Janu
airy session, 1872.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of House of Delegates,
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
my10 Secretary of Senate