| NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 177. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
copy thereof, under the seal of the court, shall be good evidence to
prove the execution of such bond in any court of this state. |
An attested copy
good evidence. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That an attested copy
of the said bond
shall be good evidence in law to maintain an action of debt for the
breach of any condition of the said bond as if the same was actually
produced and proved in the said court. |
Constables to give
receipts for evidences
of debts. |
4 AND BE IT ENACTED, That whenever any evidences
of debts
are put into the hands of any constable for collection, it shall be
his duty to execute a receipt for the same, if demanded, and upon
his neglect or refusal to do so he shall forfeit the sum of five dollars,
to be recovered before any single magistrate by the party grieved,
for each and every offence. |
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Passed Jan. 7, 1810. |
CHAP. CLXXVIII.
An Act to locate a Road in Charles County. Lib. TH. No.
2, fol. 394. |
Commissioners appointed
to lay out
and open a road.
Provisos. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
George D. Parnham, Joseph Boarman, of Leonard, John Digges,
William Corry and Lawrence Posey, be and they are appointed
commissioners, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised
and empowered to lay out and open a road, not exceeding
twenty feet, at the expense of the persons willing to contribute,
through Wollaston Manor to the Cob Neck church, and from thence
to intersect the public road leading from Charles-town, commonly
called Port-Tobacco, to the lower end of Cob Neck, and estimate
and value the damages sustained by any person or persons through
whose land the said road shall pass, taking into estimation the advantages
and disadvantages, if any, and a certificate of the same,
when so ascertained, together with a certificate of the survey of said
road, when completed and made fit for the reception of the county
as a public road, under their hand, or a majority of them, shall return
to the clerk of Charles county court, to be by him recorded,
and shall for ever thereafter be deemed a public highway, and kept
in repair as other public roads in said county are; Provided, that
nothing herein contained shall in any manner authorise the said
commissioners to lay out or open the said road through the
buildings, yards, gardens, orchards or meadows, of any person or
persons, without his, her or their consent; And provided also, that
the said commissioners shall not proceed to open and clear said road
before the damages, if any, be paid, secured to be paid, to the persons
or persons in whose favour such damages may be adjudged. |
Jury may be summoned
to ascertain
damages. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons through
whose land the said road shall pass, or his, her or their guardian
or trustee, shall conceive himself, herself or themselves, aggrieved
by such valuation and assessment of damages by the said commissioners,
it shall and may be lawful for any justice of the
peace, on his, her or their application, to issue his warrant, under his
hand and seal, directed to the sheriff of the county, commanding
him to summon twelve disinterested men, qualified by law to serve
as jurors in the county court, to meet upon the premises on a certain
day, of which ten days notice at least shall be given to the
party or parties interested; and the said jurors, when so met, and
having each first taken an oath before some justice of the peace, that
he will, without favour, affection, partiality or prejudice, assess the
damages sustained by the person or persons at whose request such |
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