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of the assessment, which amount shall be endorsed
on the back of said execution by the clerk under
the order of the president or secretary of said com-
pany, and the party or parties insured shall until
such assessment be paid forfeit all benefit under his,
her or their policy.

Approved April 7, 1876.

CHAPTER 259.
AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of
Anne Arundel county to open and widen the
county road leading from Hooversville on the
Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad to Odenton on the Baltimore and Po-
tomac Railroad.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Anne	Authorized
Arundel county be and are hereby authorized, em-	empowered and directed
powered and directed to appoint a commission,
whose duty it shall be to lay off, widen and straighten
the road leading from Hooversville on the Washing-
ton branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to
Odenton, on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad,
so that the same will be of a uniform width of sixty
feet from said Hooversville to the county road lead-
ing from Cecil's Old Tavern to Elk Ridge Landing,
and of a uniform width of forty feet from said tavern
to Odenton clear of water tables and ditches.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
sioners are hereby authorized to levy on the assess-	Authorized to
able property of Anne Arundel county the sum of	levy.
one thousand dollars to pay the expenses of widen-
ing and straightening said road.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.	In force.
Approved April 7, 1876.