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arise from any road having been laid through or over their
lands, and make the same a part of their return to the levy-
court ; and in case any land-holder shall think himself or her-
self aggrieved by the decision of such commissioners, the levy
court shall issue their warrant to the sheriff of their county,
directing him to summon five discreet and sensible men of
their county, not interested or related to the parties, to meet on
a certain day to be named in said warrant, on the premises,
who shall assess such damages under all circumstances as afore-
said, as they shall in their judgment think the land-holder or
land-holders entitled to, (if any ;) or if the levy court shall
think the county injured by the decision of any commissioners,
they shall issue their warrant as aforesaid to the sheriff, who
shall proceed in the same manner as in case of a land-holder's
application ; and in case the jury shall levy greater damages
than the commissioners had done for the land-holder, then and
in that case the county Shall pay all costs accruing by such
jury having been convened ; otherwise the costs shall be paid
by the person or persons at whose instance the warrant was
issued.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Harford,
Baltimore or Cecil counties, as the case may be, shall, and
they are hereby authorized to levy such sum or sums of money
on the assessable property of their county, as they in their
judgment shall find necessary for opening any road, and paying
such damages as the land-holders may sustain by reason of any
road passing through or over their lands, that may be laid out
and opened under the provisions of this act, and the aforesaid
act of seventeen hundred and ninety-four.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the commissioners appointed
under the provisions of this act, shall be entitled to two dollars
per day for every day that they shall necessarily attend to the
duties required by this act.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That 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, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed so far as the same relates to the counties herein named ;
Provided always, that any proceedings heretofore begun under
the provisions of the act of eighteen hundred and eighteen, may
be proceeded on, and shall have the same effect as if the above
mentioned act had not been repealed.

A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act relating to Public Roads in
the several Counties therein mentioned. — 1822, ch. 18.
WHEREAS, an act relating to public roads in Baltimore,
Cecil and Harford counties, passed at December session, eigh •

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