| 1811.
CHAP. 186. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
extended as aforesaid, and the valuation hereinafter to be made
shall be paid, or secured to be paid, to the person or persons injured
by extending said street, shall for ever thereafter be deemed a
public street, and kept in repair as other streets in said precincts
are kept in repair. |
| To ascertain damages. |
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 through whose
property the said street may pass by opening the same, and the valuation
shall be made before the said commissioners shall proceed
to open said street; Provided always, that if any person or persons
through whose property the said street may 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, it shall and may be lawful for any justice
of the peace of said county, on the application of the party interested,
or his, her, or their guardian or trustee, to issue his warrant, under
his hand and seal, directed to the sheriff of the county, commanding
him to summon twelve freeholders, disinterested in the opening
of the said street, to appear on a day by the said justice to be
appointed, on the property of the person or persons making application
as aforesaid, for whose benefit such application shall be made;
and the said freeholders, having first made oath before said justice
if 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 street through his, her or their property,
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 return the damages
so assessed, to the said justice of the peace, and such inquisition
and valuation shall be final anc conclusive; and the party or parties
in whose favour the valuation ascertained by the said commissioners,
or the damages ascertained by the said freeholders shall be
made, shall be entitled to receive the same from the said commissioners,
or a majority of them; and the said commissioners shall
pay, or cause to be paid, within the space of six months after the
assessment of such valuation or damages, and before they shall
proceed to affect the lands and tenements of the person or persons
concerned, and upon the payment of the money, or securing the
same to be paid to the person or persons through whose property
the said street is intended to pass, the said commissioners may
open the said street through such person or persons property.
See November 1812, ch. 171. |
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Passed Jan. 7, 1812. |
CHAP. CLXXXVII.
An Act to confirm to Mary Wood, of Anne-Arundel County, certain
Property therein mentioned. Lib. TH. No. 3,
fol. 267. A Private
Act. |
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Passed Jan. 7, 1812. |
CHAP. CLXXXVIII.
An Act to authorise Owen Evans, Guardian of the Heirs at Law of
Jesse Brooks, deceased, to sell and convey certain Property
therein
mentioned, lying in Cecil County. Lib. TH.
No. 3, fol. 268. A
Private Act. |
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