| NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 191. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
aforesaid road through his, her or their land, and the persons, so
summoned and qualified, shall thereupon proceed to assess and value
the damages accordingly, of which the said commissioners, or
some one of them, shall have at least five days previous notice, and
such inquisition shall be final and conclusive between the parties;
and in assessing the damages the jury shall take into consideration
the conveniencies and inconveniencies, the advantages as well as
disadvantages, if any, arising to the proprietors of the land over
which the said road may pass. |
Road not to pass
through any building,
yard, &c.
without consent of
owner. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall not
lay out or open the said road through the buildings, yards, gardens,
meadows or orchards, of any person, without his or her consent. |
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Passed Jan. 7, 1810. |
CHAP. CXCII.
An Act allowing further time to the Potomac Company for completing
the Navigation of the Potomac River, and for other purposes.
Lib.
TH. No. 2, fol. 405.
See 1704, ch. 33, and 1802, ch. 84, and the acts there referred to. |
| Time extended. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the further time of ten years, to be computed from the expiration
of the term already granted, shall be and is hereby allowed the
Potomac company to complete the navigation of the Potomac river. |
Shares, how they
may be transferred. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That whensoever any
person or persons
shall seal and deliver an instrument of writing, purporting to
be a conveyance of any share or shares in the said company, or of
any interest in such share or shares, the said instrument of writing
shall be sufficient for transferring such share or shares, or interest
therein, if the same be acknowledged by the party or parties making
such conveyance, or proved by three witnesses, of the sealing
and delivery of the instrument in writing, before any court of law,
or two justices of the peace, or the mayor, or other chief magistrate
of any city, town or corporation, certified by such court,
justices of the peace, mayor or chief magistrate, in such manner
such acts are usually authenticated by them, and entered, registered
or recorded, in the books of the said company, within the time
now allowed by law for making such entry, register or record as
aforesaid; and where a feme-covert shall be a party making any conveyance
as aforesaid, her acknowledgment thereof may be taken
without the formality of a commission to be issued for that purpose,
but shall be made by such feme-covert privately and apart from her
husband, as heretofore, in presence of the court or persons herein
authorised to certify the same, before the said writing shall be considered
as effectual for conveying the right or interest of such feme-covert. |
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Passed Jan. 7, 1810. |
CHAP. CXCIII.
An Act to authorise the President and Managers of the Potomac Company
to raise a sum of Money by Lottery or Lotteries for
the purpose
therein mentioned. Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 405.
See ch. 192. |
President and managers
authorised
to propose schemes
—to give bond. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for the president and managers of the
Potomac company, to propose a scheme of a lottery or lotteries for |
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