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EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the plot and survey of the road returned by the commissioners
aforesaid, so far as the same may lie between Thomas Hope's and
the Little Falls of Gunpowder, in Harford county, and from said
Falls to a stake placed in the ground on the east side of the road
leading from Slade's tavern to Cromwell's bridge, near Captain
Hitchcock's in Baltimore county, be and the same is hereby confirmed,
and the said road is hereby declared to be a public road,
and shall be kept in repair as other public roads in said counties
are kept in repair; and the levy court of Harford county are hereby
empowered and directed, to assess and levy on the assessable
property of said county, at their next meeting after said plot shall
be returned and the damages ascertained, a sum sufficient to open
and clear said road, and pay the damages, so far as the same runs
through Harford county, and to appoint an overseer to open the
same. |
1810.
CHAP. 64.
Plot of road returned
by commissioners,
confirmed. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That William C. Goldsmith,
Abraham Cole,
John S. Belt, John Clendennen and William Whiteford, or a
majority of them, shall ascertain and value what damages may be
sustained by any person or persons through whose land the said
road has been laid, from the Little Falls of Gunpowder to a stake
placed on the east side of the road leading from Slade's tavern to
Cromwell's bridge, near Captain William Hitchcock's, in Baltimore
county (a), taking into consideration all advantages and disadvantages,
if any, and the same, when so assessed, shall be paid,
or secured to be paid, by the person or persons applying to have
the said road laid out, to the person or persons entitled to receive
the same; and the parties applying for said road, when they shall
have paid, or secured to be paid, the damages assessed as aforesaid,
may proceed to open and clear the said road, and the levy
court of Baltimore county, at their next meeting after said road
shall be so laid out, opened and cleared, shall appoint an overseer
to keep said road in repair, so far as the same shall be in Baltimore
county.
(a) By ch. 91, the commissioners
are to ascertain the damages sustained by individuals
by reason of said road in Harford county. |
Persons appointed
to ascertain damages. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That each commissioner
herein named
shall be entitled to receive two dollars per day for each and every
day they shall attend to discharge the duties required by this act. |
Allowance to commissioners. |
5. 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
respectively, 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 sheriffs of said counties,
commanding them to summon six disinterested men, qualified by
law to serve as jurors in the county courts, to meet upon the premises
on a certain day, of which six 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, prejudice or partiality,
assess the damages sustained by the person or persons at
whose request such inquisition shall be taken, by reason of opening |
Persons conceiving
themselves aggrieved
by valuation
of damages,
may have jury
summoned. |
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