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ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAP. XV.
An Act authorising George Robertson and Dorothy Robertson to convey
certain Lands therein mentioned. Lib. TH.
No. 2, fol. 9. A
Private Act.
Empowering them to convey to John Leatherbury,
the lands devised
by Robert Robertson to the children of his two brothers George and James
Robertson. |
1808.
CHAP. 15.
Passed Dec. 20. |
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CHAP. XVI.
An Act to open a Road in Frederick County. Lib. TH. No.
2, fol. 11.
A Supplement, 1810, ch. 39. See November 1809, ch. 92. |
Passed Dec. 27. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Levin
Hays, John Getzendanner, Godfrey Leatherman, Lewis Rauzahn,
Jacob Staley, George Marker and Philip Baer, be and they
are hereby appointed commissioners, and they, or a majority of
them, are hereby authorised as commissioners to lay out and open,
at the expense of said county, a road not exceeding twenty feet
wide, from the Washington county line, near the north end of
Hughes' coaling ground, at the most convenient place, and running
thence by or near John Hoover's and Godfrey Leatherman's crossing
Catoctin creek, at or near Gavin's old ford, thence to Joseph
Miller's mill, thence to the old oil mill, now Jacob Staley's, thence
on the most convenient ground, so as to do as little injury as possible
to the lands through which it may pass, to cross the Catoctin
mountain, near the high knob, and thence to Frederick-town, or
to intersect the turnpike, at the most convenient place; Provided,
that the said road shall not pass through any houses, gardens, orchards
or meadows, unless with the consent of the owner or owners
thereof; and the said road when so laid out and completed shall
be recorded among the records of said county, and be thereafter
deemed and taken to be a public road, and shall be kept in repair
as other roads in said county are directed to be. |
Commissioners
appointed to lay
out and open a
road.
Proviso. |
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CHAP. XVII.
An Act to confirm a Sale of Land made by the Executors of Henry
Willis to Joseph Haines. Lib. TH. No. 2, fol.
11. A Private
Act. |
Passed Dec. 20. |
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CHAP. XVIII.
An Act authorising repairs to the Old or the erection of a New Gaol
in Frederick-Town, in Frederick County. Lib.
TH. No. 2, fol. 12. |
Passed Dec. 20. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the
grand jury of Frederick county at the February, and also at the
August term, eighteen hundred and eight, that the public gaol of
said county is inadequate to the safe keeping of criminals, and for
the comfort of persons committed for debt, and they have prayed
the legislature to authorise the levy court of said county to levy a
sum of money to erect a new gaol, under such provisions as to
them shall seem reasonable; therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the levy court of Frederick county for the time being, shall be
commissioners, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised
and empowered to contract for materials, and to agree with
workmen, to repair the old prison, by adding such additional buildings
and chambers, or by raising an additional story to the centre |
Levy court to contract
for materials
and agree with
workmen, &c. |
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