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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
first made oath, before some justice of the peace, that they will,
without favour, affection 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, taking into consideration the advantages and
disadvantages, (if any,) of which the said commissioners, or a majority
shall have at least five days 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; Provided, that the
said road shall not pass through any house, yard, garden or orchard,
without the consent of the owner or owners thereof. |
1811.
CHAP. 67. |
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CHAP. LXVIII.
An Act to lay out and open a Road in Prince-George's and Anne-Arundel
Counties. Lib. TH. No. 3, fol. 84. |
Passed Dec. 27. |
WHEREAS sundry inhabitants of Prince-George's and
Anne-Arundel
counties have set forth by their petition to this general assembly,
that a road leading from the forked road in Edward Hall's
field, to Benjamin Boyd's mill, in Prince George's county, would
be of considerable public utility; therefore, |
Preamble. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
George Tyler, Leonard Sellman and John Hall, be and are hereby
appointed commissioners, and they, or a majority of them, are
hereby authorised and directed to survey, lay out and open, (at the
expense of the petitioners or any other person or persons who may
think proper to contribute thereto,) a road from the forked road
in Edward Hall's field, to Benjamin Boyd's mill, in Prince-George's
county, and from thence to intersect the road leading from the city
of Annapolis to the city of Washington, at such place as they may
deem eligible; and the said commissioners, or a majority of them,
shall return a plot and certificate of their proceedings when such
road is laid out, surveyed and opened, to the levy courts of Anne-Arundel
and Prince-George's counties, to be there recorded; and
the said road, (when opened and cleared as aforesaid, and the
valuation hereinafter directed to be made shall have been paid, or
secured to be paid,) shall for ever after be deemed a public highway,
and kept in repair as other public roads in said counties. |
Commissioners
appointed to lay
out road. |
2. 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, 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 nevertheless, that
said
road shall not be carried or conducted through any yard, garden
or orchard, against the consent of the owner or owners. |
To value damages.
Proviso. |
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CHAP. LXIX.
An Act to authorise the Levy Court of Baltimore County to assess
and
levy a sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned.
Lib. TH.
No. 3, fol. 86.
A Supplement, November 1812, ch. 58. |
Passed Dec. 27. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly
by the petition
of a number of inhabitants of the city and precincts of Baltimore |
Preamble. |
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