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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the said Aquila Miles be and he is hereby authorised, to apply to
some justice of the peace for said county, who shall thereupon issue
his warrant, directed to the constable of the hundred where the
land lies, commanding him to summon five substantial freeholders,
not related to the parties interested, or any way interested in the
premises, to be and appear on the land of the said Aquila Miles,
on a day to be therein expressed, which said freeholders, upon their
oaths, to be administered by some justice of the peace, shall inquire
and ascertain what damages said Aquila Miles has sustained by
reason of said road having been located and opened through his
land, and the said freeholders are hereby required to consider the
convenience, benefit, advantages and disadvantages, occasioned by
opening said road; and the constable shall return the verdict of said
jury, or of the majority of them, under their hands and seals, to the
levy court of Harford county; and if such jury shall not award a
larger sum of money for damages sustained as aforesaid than has
already been allowed by the commissioners appointed to ascertain
the damages, the said Aquila Miles shall pay the costs of such inquiry,
but in case the same shall exceed the sum allowed by the
said commissioners, then the said costs shall be levied on the assessable
property of said county, together with such further allowance
as shall be made by said jury to the said Aquila Miles by the levy
court of said county, and be collected and paid as other public monies
are levied, collected and paid. |
1811.
CHAP. 184.
Jury may be summoned
to ascertain
damages sustained
by him. |
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CHAP. CLXXXV.
An Act for the relief of Joseph Brown of the City of Baltimore.
Lib.
TH. No. 3, fol. 265. |
Passed Jan. 7, 1812. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
upon the application of Joseph Brown to the judges of Baltimore
county court, or to any one of them, during the recess of said court,
praying the benefit of the insolvent laws of this state, the said judges,
or any one of them, shall be authorised to extend to the said
Joseph Brown the full benefit of the insolvent laws thereof, without
his being required to proved a residence of two years within the
state of Maryland; Provided, that the said Joseph Brown shall,
in
all other respects, comply with the provisions of the insolvent laws. |
Benefit of insolvent
laws extended
to him./
Proviso. |
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CHAP. CLXXXVI.
An Act to extend McElderry's-Street in the Eastern Precincts of
Baltimore.
Lib. TH. No. 3, fol. 266.
A Supplement, Nov. 1812, ch. 171. |
Passed Jan. 7, 1812. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
Thomas McElderry, Hezekiah Price, James C. Den, John Hillin
and William Pechin, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners,
and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and
empowered, at the expense of the petitioners, or any person or persons
who may think proper to contribute thereto, to extend, clear
out and open, McElderry-street until it intersects Green-street; and
the said commissioners are hereby required to make a plot of said
street, as directed to be opened and extended, and return the same
to the clerk of Baltimore county court, to be recorded among the
land recorded of said county; and the said street, when opened and |
Commissioners appointed
to clear
out and open
streets. |
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