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CHAP. 104. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
plot of said road, and return the same to the clerk of Baltimore
county court, to be recorded among the records of said county; and
the said road, when opened and recorded as aforesaid, and the valuation
herein after directed to be made shall have been paid, or
secured to be paid, shall for ever thereafter be deemed a public
highway, and kept in repair as other public roads in said county. |
To be laid out in
straightest direction
ground will admit. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
or a majority
of them, shall lay out the said road from the calls before
mentioned, in the straightest and best direction that the nature of
the ground will admit of, and with as little inconvenience to the
landholders through whose land the said road may pass as possible. |
Damages to be ascertained.
Provisos. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
aforesaid, or a
majority of them, shall ascertain and value, if required, what damages
may be sustained by any person or persons over whose land
the said road may pass, taking into consideration the advantages
and disadvantages, if any, and the valuation shall be made, and
the amount thereof paid, as aforesaid, to the parties respectively
interested, before the said commissioners, or a majority of them,
shall proceed to open the said road; Provided always, that if any
person or persons through whose land the said road may pass, or
his, her or their guardian or trustee, shall conceive themselves aggrieved
by such valuation and assessment of damages by the said
commissioners, or a majority of them, it shall and may be lawful
for any justice of the county in which the land lies, on application
of the party interested, or his, her or their guardian or trustees, to
issue his warrant, under his hand and seal, directed to any constable
of the county, commanding him to summon twelve disinterested
freeholders of the county, to appear on a day by the said
justices to be appointed, on the land of the person or persons as
aforesaid, or for whose benefit such application shall be made, and
the said freeholders, having first made oath before said justice of
the peace that they will without favour, affection or partiality, assess
the damages sustained by the person or persons, at whose request
or for whose benefit 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 commissioners, or a majority of them,
shall have had at least five days notice, and shall have returned the
damages so assessed to the said justice of the peace, and such inquisition
and valuation shall be final and conclusive; Provided always,
that the said road shall not pass through any house, yard,
garden, meadow or orchard, without the consent of the owner or
owners thereof. |
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Passed Dec. 24. |
CHAP. CV.
An Act to lay out a Road in Baltimore County. Lib. TH.
No. 2, fol.
575. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of sundry inhabitants of Baltimore county, that it would be
of great public benefit to have a road laid out from the Pennsylvania
line, nearly against Hedrick's tavern, to intersect the road laid out
from the end of the Falls turnpike at or near Fronk's mill; therefore, |
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