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Kent Island, and that the said commissioners, or a majority of
them, shall meet on the first Monday in March next, for the pur-
pose, of ascertaining what part of the Narrows would be the most
eligible over which to build a bridge, and for the purpose of con-
tracting for, or otherwise causing the same to be constructed under
their immediate superintendance.
2. And be it enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid shall
have full power and authority to ascertain and fix on the site of the
said bridge, and if the site shall be in a place different from the
place where the ferry-boat now crosses, and it shall be necessary
to make a new road, the commissioners shall have power to agree
with the owner of the lands through which the said road shall pass,
for so much land as may be necessary for said road, and also for
the construction of the said bridge; and if the owner or owners can-
not agree with the commissioners as to the price and value of the
said lands, either party may apply to two of justices of the
peace for said county, who shall thereupon issue their warrant to
the sheriff of Queen-Anne's county, directing him to summon twen-
ty good and sufficient jurors, to appear on a day and at a place
limited and appointed in the said warrant, from whom shall be
struck a jury of twelve, according to the laws of this state, whose
duly it shall be to inquire into the value of the land fixed on, and
appropriated by the commissioners as aforesaid to the bridge and
road, and shall return an inquisition thereof to the justices us afore-
said.
3. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall make a
return of an abstract of the proceedings to Queen-Anne's county
court, who shall have power to inquire into the regularity of the
proceedings in relation to the position to the said bridge and road,
and if the same shall be ratified by the court, a record thereof shall
be made by the clerk of Queen-Anne's county, in the records of the
same, and the said land there appropriated shall be and remain
for the use of the public as other public roads in the said county.
4. And be it enacted, That the levy court of the county are here-
by authorised and required, to levy on the county, at their next
levy, or at their first levy in the year eighteen hundred and twen-
ty-one, as in their discretion they may think proper, the sum of
two thousand dollars, to be applied, at the discretion of the com-
missioners, to the object of building or erecting the said bridge,
and also so much as may be necessary to pay for the lands appro-
priated by them as aforesaid.
5. And be it enacted, That if after building the said bridge, a
balance should be left in the hands of the collector of said county,
it shall be paid over to the treasurer of the levy court, and a state-
ment of the costs of the bridge lodged by the commissioners with
the clerk, to be filed among the papers of his office.
6. And be it enacted, That when the said bridge shall be finished
and completed, it shall be the duty of the commissioners aforesaid
to return a certificate thereof to the levy court, who shall thereup-
on have the power to appoint a good and sufficient person to have
the care of the said bridge, with such salary as they shall think
proper and just, which appointment shall be annually made, and
whose duty it shall be to receive from person or persons, now* resi-
dents of said county, such tolls as the levy court shall fix and as-
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CHAP. 70.
To fix on a site
and contract with
owners for land,
&c
To make return at
their proceedings
to county court
Levy authorised
If balance should
be left to be paid
over to treasurer
of levy court
When finished a
certificate thereof
to be returned to
levy court, &c
*This word is not
in the original law
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