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BENJAMIN OGLE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
the said commissioners, it shall and may be lawful for any justice
of the peace for the said count of Frederick, on application of the
party interested, to issue his warrant, under hand and seal, directed
to any constable of the county, commanding him to summon
five freeholders, disinterested as to the said road, to appear, on a
day by him to be appointed, on the land of the person making application
as aforesaid, and the said freeholders, having first made
oath before some justice of the peace, that they will, without favour,
affection, prejudice or partiality, assess the damages sustained by
the person or persons at whose request such inquisition shall be
taken, by reason of opening the aforesaid road through his, her or
their land, shall thereupon proceed to assess and value the damages
accordingly, of which the said commissioner shall have had at
least five days previous notice, and shall return the damages so assessed
to the said justice of the peace and such inquisition and valuation
shall be final and conclusive; and the party or parties in whose
favour the valuation ascertained by the said commissioners, or the
damages assessed by the said freeholder, shall be made, shall be
entitled to receive the same from the said commissioners; and the
said commissioners shall pay, or secure to be paid, the amount of
the said valuation or damages to the respective parties entitled to
the same, out of the monies to be raised and collected from the subscriptions
to the said road, within the space of six months after the
assessment of such valuation or damages, and before they shall
proceed to affect the lands and tenements of the person or persons
concerned; Provided, that the said road shall not go through any
houses, gardens, yards, meadows or orchards, unless with the
consent of the owner thereof. |
1800.
CHAP. 72.
Proviso. |
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CHAP. LXXIII.
An Act to extend the powers of the Trustees of the Poor of Montgomery
County. Lib. JG. No. 3, fol. 468.
Other acts. 1804, ch. 41, ch.
67. 1802, ch. 10, ch. 50, ch. 61. 1803, ch. 17,
ch. 39, ch. 86. 1804, ch. 109. 1805, ch. 42. 1807, ch.
40, and
1808, ch. 22.
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WHEREAS Elizabeth Gates, by her petition to this
general assembly
set forth, that she is now in the ninetieth year of her
age; that from her advanced age and bodily infirmities she has for
a number of years been unable to support herself, and hath no
means whereby to subsist, but on the benevolence of her daughter,
who is very poor, and prays that an act may pass to provide for
her future maintenance out of the poor house; therefore, |
Preamble |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That it
shall and may be lawful for the trustees of the poor of the said county
of Montgomery, if they shall be of opinion that the peculiar circumstances
of the said Elizabeth Gates are such as to render a situation
in the poor-house particularly unsuitable for her, to support
her as an out-pensioner, in addition to the number now allowed by
the act, * entitled, An act to enlarge the powers of the trustees of
the poor in the several counties therein designated, and to allow to
the said Elizabeth Gates an annual pension, not exceeding thirty
dollars, to be paid at such time or times the said trustees shall
direct, the amount of which said pension shall be levied in the same
manner as the other expenses of the poor-house in the said county. |
Levy for support
of E. Gates.
* 1799, ch. 65. |
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