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CHAP. 71.
Passed Dec. 19. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. LXXI.
An Act for the relief of John Jarvis. Lib. JG. No. 3,
fol. 465. A
Private Act.
His title made valid in parts of Lots
No. 100 and 101, in the city of Annapolis,
purchased by him of Benjamin Howard, (sheriff,) as the property of Thomas
Rutland. |
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Passed Dec. 19. |
CHAP. LXXII.
An Act to open a Road from the Pennsylvania line, through Emmitsburgh
and Creager's-Town, to intersect the main Road from
Lancaster
to the City of Washington at or near Frederick-town,
in
Frederick County. Lib. JG. No. 3, fol. 466. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of sundry inhabitants of Frederick county, that it would be of
great advantage to themselves, and the public in general, to have a
road opened from the Pennsylvania line, near the end of the widow
Caldwells' lane, through Emmitsburgh and Creager's-town, to intersect
the main road leading from Lancaster to the city of Washington
at or near Frederick-town, in Frederick county; therefore, |
Commissioners appointed
to lay out
road. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Patrick Read, Thomas Beatty, senior, and Henry Kuhn, of Frederick
county, or any two of them, be and they are hereby appointed
commissioners to survey, lay out and open, at the expense of the
petitioners, or any part of them, particularly interested therein, a
road, not exceeding forty feet in width, in the best and straightest
direction, from the aforesaid Pennsylvania line, near the end of the
widow Caldwell's lane, through Emmitsburgh and Creager's-town,
to intersect the main road leading from Lancaster to the city of
Washington at or near Frederick-town, in Frederick county; and
the said road, when so opened at the expense of the petitioners as
aforesaid, and the valuation herein after directed to be made shall
be paid, or secured to be paid, to the individuals concerned, shall
be recorded among the records of Frederick county court, and be
thereafter deemed to be a public road for ever. |
Who may appoint
a treasurer. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
may appoint
one of their number as treasurer, and give him a certificate,
under their hands, of his appointment, who is hereby enjoined and
empowered to collect and receive all monies subscribed, or that may
be subscribed, for the purpose of opening the said road, and such
subscribers are hereby directed to pay their several subscriptions
to the treasurer appointed as aforesaid; and if any person shall neglect
or refuse, when applied to by the aforesaid treasurer, to pay
his subscription money, the said treasurer may, and he is hereby
authorised to sue for, recover and receive the same; and the said
monies, when received, shall be applied by the commissioners, or
any two of them, to the purpose of this act. |
Damages to be ascertained.
Proviso. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
aforesaid shall
ascertain and value what damages may be sustained by any person
or persons through whose land the said road may pass, by opening
the same, and the said valuation shall be made before the said commissioners
shall proceed to open the same; Provided always, that
if any person or person through whose land the said road shall
pass, or his, her or their guardian or trustee, shall conceive themselves
aggrieved by such valuation and assessment of damages by |
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