| DEC. 1813.
CHAP. 10.
Proviso. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
land the said road may pass; Provided, that the said road shall
not
be made to pass through the buildings, yards, gardens or orchards,
of any person or persons, without the consent of the owner or
owners thereof. |
Plot to be made
out and returned
to levy court. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of the commissioners
aforesaid, or a majority of them, on or before the first
Monday in March next, to cause a plot and certificate of said road
to be made, and return the same to the levy court of Kent county,
at their first sitting thereafter; and if the levy court of said county,
upon consideration of all circumstances, shall be of opinion
that the said road be of advantage, then and in such case the clerk
of said county shall record the same plot and certificate, whereupon
it shall and may be lawful for the levy court of said county to
levy upon the assessable property of said county such sum of money
as they may deem necessary, and to appoint and employ an overseer
to open and clear said road agreeably to the plot and certificate
aforesaid; and the said road, when opened and cleared as aforesaid,
shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, for ever
thereafter a public road, and shall be kept in repair as other public
roads in said county. |
Damages to be ascertained.
Proviso. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
or a majority
of them, shall value and ascertain the damages that may be
sustained by each and every of the persons through whose lands the
said road may pass, by ascertaining the same, taking into consideration
the advantage and disadvantages, and return the same to the
levy court, together with the plot and certificate as above directed,
and the damages so ascertained shall be levied and assessed as other
county charges are, and it shall be paid over to the persons respectively
who may be endamaged thereby; Provided nevertheless,
that no money shall be levied or assessed for the purpose of paying
the damages aforesaid, until the said road is opened and cleared
agreeably to the directions of this act. |
Commissioners'
compensation. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall be
entitled to receive as a compensation for their services a sum not
exceeding two dollars per day, to be ascertained by the levy court,
which is hereby directed to be levied, collected and paid, as other
county charges. |
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Passed Dec. 29. |
CHAP. XI.
An Act for the benefit of John Fassit, of Worcester County.
Lib. TH.
No. 4, fol. 7. |
Levy authorised
for his support. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the justices of the levy court of Worcester county shall and they
are hereby directed and empowered, at their levy court annually,
so long as they shall see cause, to levy on the assessable property
of said county a sum of money not exceeding forty dollars, for the
support and maintenance of John Fassit, of said county, and the
same, when collected, shall be paid by the collector to the said John
Fassit, or his order, for the purpose aforesaid. |
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Passed Dec. 22. |
CHAP. XII.
An Act for the relief of Margaret Griffith, of Frederick-Town, in
Frederick
County. Lib. TH. No. 4, fol. 8. A Private Act.
Making valid the deed for a lot in
Frederick-town from Henry Garnhart to
Richard Griffith. |
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