| 1801.
CHAP. 10.
Treasurer to be
appointed. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
may appoint
one of their number as treasurer, who is hereby enjoined and
empowered to collect and receive all monies subscribed, or that
may be subscribed, for the purpose of laying out and clearing the
said road, and such subscribers are hereby directed to pay their
several subscriptions to the treasurer appointed as aforesaid; and
if any person shall neglect or refuse to pay his subscription money,
the said treasurer, or any one of the said commissioners in the
name of the whole, may and is hereby authorised to sue for, recover
and receive the same; and the said monies, when received,
shall be applied by the said commissioners, or any two of them, to
the purposes of this act. |
Damages to be ascertained.
Proviso. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
aforesaid
shall ascertain and value what damages may be sustained by any
person or persons, through whose land the said road may pass, by
opening and clearing the same, and the said valuation shall be
made before the said commissioners shall proceed to open and clear
the same; and in case any proprietor or proprietors, or their guardian
or trustees, shall conceive themselves aggrieved by the valuation
of the said commissioners, it shall and may be lawful for any
justice of the peace for Washington county, on application by any
person interested, to issue his warrant, under hand and seal, directed
to any constable of the county, commanding him to summon
five freeholders, disinterested as to the said road, to appear, on a
day by him to be appointed, in the land of the person making application
as aforesaid; and the said freeholders shall respectively
repair to some magistrate of the said county, and take the following
oath or affirmation, to wit: " I A. B. do swear, or solemnly,
" sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will honestly and
" faithfully estimate and value the damage and injury sustained by
" C. D. by opening a road through the land of the said C. D. in
" pursuance of the direction of this act," and shall return the damages
by them assessed to the said justice of the peace, and the
damages so assessed and returned shall be conclusive; and the party
or parties in whose favour the valuation ascertained by the said
commissioners, or the damage assessed by the said freeholders,
shall be made, shall be entitled to receive the same from the said
commissioners; and the said commissioners shall pay, or secure to
be paid, the amount of the said valuation, or damages, to the respective
parties entitled to receive the same, out of the monies to be
raised and collected from the subscriptions to the said road, within
the space of six months after the ascertainment of such valuation or
damages, and before they shall proceed to affect the lands and tenements
of the person or persons concerned; Provided that the said
road shall not go through any houses, gardens, meadows or orchards,
unless with the consent of the owner thereof. |
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Passed Dec. 31. |
CHAP. XI.
An Additional Supplement to the act, (a) entitled, An act
for erecting
a Public School in Frederick County. Lib.
JG. No. 4, fol. 10.
(a) 1763, ch. 32. See 1802, ch. 72, and Nov. 1809, ch. 194. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the trustees
of Frederick academy, and other inhabitants of Frederick
county, that the present building is not sufficiently large to accommodate |
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