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Dec. Sess.
1815.
Grievances.
Proviso.
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5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or per-
sons though whose lands the said road shall pass, or his, her
or their guardian, or representative shall conceive himself or
herself aggrieved by such valuation and assesement of damages
by said commissioners, it shall and may be lawful for any jus-
tice of the peace, on his or her application to issue his warrant
directed to the constable of the hundred, commanding him to
summon twelve disinterested men, qualified to serve as jurors
in the county court, to meet upon the premises on a certain day,
of which six days notice at least shall be given to the parties
interested; and the said jurors when so met, (and having each
taken an oath before some justice of the peace, that he will
without favor, affection, prejudice or partiality, assess the dam-
ages sustained by the person or persons at whose request such
inquisition shall be taken, by reason of opening the said road
through his, her or their land) shall thereupon, proceed to as-
sess and value the damages accordingly; and such inquisition
and valuation shall be final and conclusive between the parties
respectively; Provided, that the said road shall not be opened
through the buildings, gardens, yard or orchard of any person
without his or her consent.
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Passed Jan.
29, 1816.
Directors.
Capital—
where to be
taken sub-
scription, &c.
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CHAPTER. 190.
An act to incorporate a company to make the several turnpike
roads therein mentioned.
See. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a company be incorporated to make a turn-
pike or artificial road from the city of Baltimore to the site of
the Susquehanna bride near Rock Run, on the river Susque-
hanna, and from thence to the Maryland line, in a direction to-
wards New London Crossroads, in Chester county, Pennsyl-
vania; and also from the said site, or any part of the above road
leading from the said site in a direction towards New-London
Cross roads, they may deem most advantageous, till it inter-
sects the road from Havre-de-Grace to Wilmington; and also
from the site or any place in said road to intersect the road
from Havre-de-Grace to Elkton, to be located by the president
and managers hereafter to be appointed under the provisions of
this act.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That subscription books be
opened for a capital stock of seventy five thousand dollars, in
shares of twenty-five dollars each; and that subscriptions be
taken in the city of Baltimore, under the direction of Joseph
Townsend, James Williams, John W. Thomas, Washington
Hall, John Trimble and Moses Poor, or any three of them; for
Harford county, at Bush, under the direction of John S. Web-
ster, John Johnson and Charles Sewell, or any two of them; at
Belle-Air, under the direction of Thomas A. Hayes, John
Moores and Stevenson Archer, or any two of them; at Fran-
cis Smith's tavern, under the direction of John Archer, Joseph
Husbards and Zephaniah Bailess, or any two of them; for Ce-
cil county, at Port Deposit, under the direction of Joseph Cow-
den, George Kidd and David Patton, or any two of them; at
the Brick meeting house, under the direction of James Janney,
Elisha Kirk and Cyrus Oldham, or any two of them; and at
Elkton, under the direction of Abraham D. Mitchell, William
Rickets and William Garrett, or any two of them, who are
hereby appointed commissioners for the purposes aforesaid,
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