LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1829-30.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That the provisions of any and
every law inconsistent with those of this act, be and the same
are hereby repealed, except so far as relates to the city of
Baltimore.

Repeal.

CHAPTER 238.

A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act to regulate the manner of
obtaining and altering Public Roads in this State, passed at December
session, eighteen hundred and eighteen, chapter eighty-nine.

SEC.1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the commissioners appointed under the provisions of the
act to which this is a supplement, or a majority of them, before
they proceed to locate any road proposed to be opened, straight-
ened or shut up, shall give at least thirty days public notice, in
one or more newspapers published in the county where such road
is, and in all cases where there is no newspaper published in the
county, then it shall be the duty of the commissioners to have
the notice stuck up at the court-house door of such county, and
at least, at three other public places most contiguous to the road
to be opened, straightened or shut up, and such notice as afore-
said shall be deemed sufficient.

Notice
required.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted That it shall be the duty of the
clerk of the county to notify the levy court, or county commis-
sioners, as the case may be, of all returns made by the commis-
sioners in relation to the opening, straightening or shutting up
of any roads, who shall be authorized to appear, by agent or
attorney, in behalf of the county, and if they can shew or make
appear to the jury or court, as the case may be, that the public
convenience does not require said road to be opened, straightened
or shut up, then, and in that case, no such road shall be opened.

Appearance
in behalf of
county.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the county court to whom
such return of the commissioners shall be made, shall have
power to determine whether the costs which may have hereto-
fore accrued, or may hereafter accrue, by reason of the issue of
any commission for opening, straightening, or shutting up, any
public road, and the proceedings thereon, shall be paid by the
petitioner, or levied on the county.

Costs to be
assessed.

DECEMBER, 1830.— CHAPTER 12.
A further and an additional SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act
concerning Crimes and Punishments.
Repealed by 1837, ch. 320.