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JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAP. XVI.
An Act for the relief of Joseph Forman. Lib. JG. No. 4,
fol. 15.
A Supplement, Ch. 19. See note under 1800, ch. 44. |
1801.
CHAP. 16.
Passed Dec. 31. |
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CHAP. XVII.
A Supplement to an act, * entitled, An act to establish and regulate
a
Market in Charles-Town, in Charles County, and to prevent
persons
from suffering Goats, Hogs and Geese, to go at large
in said
Town. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 18. |
Passed Dec. 31.
* 1794, ch. 41. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the first day of April next, no goat, hog or goose,
belonging to any inhabitant of the said town, shall be suffered to go
at large in Charles-town, in Charles county; and if any person shall
find any goat, hog or goose, going at large in Charles-town aforesaid,
it shall and may be lawful for such person to kill, or cause to
be killed, such goat, hog or goose. |
No goat, hog or
goose to go at
large. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person shall
be sued for
killing any goat, hog or goose, in Charles-town aforesaid, such
person may plead the general issue, and give this act and the special
matter in evidence. |
General issue may
be pleaded. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the tenth section
of the act to
which this is a supplement be and the same is hereby repealed. |
Section repealed. |
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CHAP. XVIII.
An Act to open a Road in Saint-Mary's County. Lib. JG.
No. 4,
fol. 19. |
Passed Dec. 31. |
WHEREAS, it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of sundry inhabitants of Saint-Mary's County, residing in the
neighbourhood of Saint Joseph's church, that they experience great
inconvenience for the want of a public road from the land of colonel
Henry Neale to the aforesaid church; therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
John McWilliams, Richard Melton, James Cook, Jeremiah Alvey
and Elisha Johnson, be and they are hereby authorised to lay out
and open a road from the land of colonel Henry Neale, of Saint-Mary's
county, in the most convenient direction, through the land
of John Tippitt, Richard Milton, Benedict A. Price, James Cook
and Edward B. Goddard, to intersect the main road from Chaptico
to Saint-Joseph's church; and the said commissioners are hereby
empowered to contract with the proprietor or proprietors of the
land over which the road may pass, and in case they cannot agree,
then and in that case the commissioners, or a majority of them,
shall forthwith issue a warrant, under their hands, directed to the
sheriff of the said county, commanding him to summon twelve good
and lawful me of the county, not interested in the land, or connected
with the parties, to be and appear on the premises, on a certain
day by him to be appointed; and in case the number of twelve
shall not attend, the said sheriff shall summon other persons, qualified
as aforesaid, until that number do attend; and the said sheriff
shall then and there empannel the jury, and administer to them the
following oath or affirmation, as the case may be, to wit: "
I A.
" B. do swear, that I will well and truly, without favour, affection,
" prejudice or partiality, ascertain the damages that will be sustained
" by the proprietor or proprietors of the land in consequence. |
Road to be opened
--Damages to be
ascertained. |
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