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ALLEGANY COUNTY.

AH ACT to extend the powers of the Levy Court of Allegany County,

relative to Roads in said County. — 1801, ch. 26.

PREAMBLE, sets forth the advantages anticipated from the passage of

the law.

SEC. 2. Gives to the levy court of Allegany county, the power to open

public roads. This power is transferred to the county court, by 1818,

ch, 89.

SEC. 3* See preceding note.

SEC. 4. Gave the power to the levy court to grant private roads ; and by

(he 5th section, the act of 1785, ch. 49, as to Allegany county, was repealed.

This power is now exclusively vested in the county court, by 1834, ch.253,

and by it the act of 1785, ch. 49, is repealed.

SEC. 6. Is merged in 1804, ch. 81, sec. 1.

1801, ch.

A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT,* entitled, an Act to extend the powers of the

26.

Levy Court of Allegany County, relative to Roads in said County. —

1804, ch. 81.

Justices of

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

levy court
to direct su-

That the justices of the levy court of Allegany county, be, and

pervisors to

they are hereby authorized and empowered, to order and direct

keep public
roads in

the supervisor or supervisors of the public roads in Allegany

repair.

county, to improve, and keep in good repair, the whole or any

part of any public road or roads in said county, and to appor-

tion the money and labour to the said road or roads, or parts

thereof, as the case may be, and when such order shall be

made, the road or roads, or parts thereof, shall be kept in repair

agreeably to the provisions of the act of assembly in such case

Proviso.

made and provided for Allegany county; Provided nevertheless,

that if any person shall consider himself aggrieved by any such

order of the justices of the levy court, it shall and may be law-

ful for such person to appeal from any such order or determina-

tion of the justices aforesaid to the justices of the county court,

within twelve months thereafter, and the opinion of the said

county court shall be final and conclusive on the same.

Duration.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act, and the original to

which this is a supplement, shall be in force until the thirtieth

day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and

seven, and to the end of the next session of assembly which

shall happen thereafter.

AN ACT to extend further the powers of the Levy Court of Allegany

County, relative to Roads in said County, and for other purposes.

1807, ch. 58.

Number of
days fixed

SEC. 1 . Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

for sum-

That the levy court of Allegany county shall have power, and

moning per-
sons to

they are hereby directed, annually, at their August meeting, to

work on
roads.

fix and determine upon the number of days the respective su-