2002

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY.

Time fixed.	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the said court shall be holden at Centreville, in said county, on the first Monday of November, in each and every year thereafter, instead of the third Monday, as now provided by said act of assembly. AN ACT relating to Surveyor of Queen Anne's County. — 1833, ch. 21
Authority to appoint a surveyor to make locations.	Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for Queen Anne's county court, or any one of the judges, thereof, upon the application of either party, their attorney or solicitor, in any case now pending or hereafter to be brought or instituted in said court, and when locations may be neces- sary, to appoint such person or persons as the court or judge aforesaid may name, to make locations in the same manner as county surveyors appointed by the governor and council are empowered to do, and to have the same legal effect, and the appointment so made shall be entered on the records amongst the proceedings in the cause.
Appoint- ments to perform usual duties of surveyor.	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in all other cases which may happen in said county, and when a county surveyor would alone be competent to act, it shall and may be lawful upon application by writing or in person of a sheriff, or any other person interested, for any judge of the district to appoint a surveyor for such purpose, whose acts shall have all the legal effect as if the same were done by a county surveyor ;
Provisos.	Provided, the appointment as aforesaid shall at any time within twelve months, be lodged with the clerk of the county, to be by him recorded in the land records of the same, and for which recording he shall be paid the sum of twenty- five cents ; And provided also, the said person so to be appointed, shall before he proceed to act under his appointment, first take an oath or affirmation, to be administered by the court or judge making said appointment, faithfully to discharge his duty as surveyor aforesaid.
Compensa- tion.	SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the surveyor appointed as aforesaid, shall be paid according to the rate of fees as fixed and established by law; Provided always, that this act shall be considered as inoperative and of no effect, whenever a county surveyor shall be in commission, and acting within the said county. FENCES. AN ACT regulating Joint Fences, in Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties. 1831, ch. 137.
Proportion.	SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That wherever joint fences have, or may be established in