ROADS.

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open, alter, shut up, or establish, any public road in said
counties, notice in writing of such intent shall be given to the
person or persons, deemed or known to be interested therein ;
and said court shall assign a day for acting upon such business,
and to have the allegations of parties concerned ; and shall
therefore take such order in relation thereto, as may appear to
them to be most consonant to justice and the public conve-
nience : and if any person or persons shall consider himself or
themselves aggrieved by any decision of the levy court, an ap«

peal shall be allowed to the county court, where either partj
may have a trial by jury, who may bring in a general verdict,
affirming the proceedings of the levy court, or such special
verdict as they may judge to be the most consistent with pro-
priety, justice, and the public convenience.

Appeal
provided.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in case of such appeal, alt
original papers, filed with the levy court, shall be safely
transmitted by the clerk, to the county court at its next ses-
sion ; and a trial shall be held the first term, either upon the
same testimony, or upon any other that may be adduced by
either party ; and the county court shall have the power of
awarding costs, as in all cases of equitable proceedings.

Record
transmitted.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That any testimony or deposi-
tion, taken before a commissioner of said county, under the act
of last session, chapter one hundred and sixty-five, shall be
admissible evidence in such case, without the personal attend-
ance of any witness or witnesses.

Testimony
received.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all former acts of assembly,
in relation to altering, opening, shutting up, or establishing
public roads in said counties, be, and the same are hereby
repealed.

AN ACT to provide for the Repairs of the Public Roads in Calvert County.
1832, ch. 223.
This law essentially changes the police of Calvert County, in relation to
her public roads ; yet as it contains no repealing clause, the former regula-
tions have been re-printed.
1833, ch. 31, next in arrangement, professes in its title to repeal this act,
yet its enactments contain no direct repeal, but only such as may arise
from construction.

Repeal.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the commissioners of Calvert county, or a majority, be,
and they are hereby authorized and required to levy on the
assessable property of Calvert county, whatever sum they may,
in their discretion, think requisite to carry into effect the pro-
visions of this act, for preserving, repairing, and altering the
public roads in said county.

Levy autho-
rized for
roads.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That the commissioners of Cal-
vert county, shall annually appoint one supervisor for every
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Appoint-
ment of
supervisors.