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CHAP. 63. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
cause a plot and certificate of said road to be made, and return the
same to the levy court of Cecil county at their first sitting thereafter,
whereupon it shall and may be lawful for the levy court of
said county, to levy upon the assessable property of the said county,
a sum of money, such as they may deem necessary, and to appoint
an overseer to open and clear said road, agreeably to the
plot and certificate aforesaid; and the said road, when opened and
cleared as aforesaid, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to
be, for ever thereafter, a public road, and shall be kept in repair as
other public roads in said county. |
Damages to be ascertained.
Proviso. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
or a majority
of them, shall value and ascertain the damages that may be
sustained by each and every of the persons through whose lands
the said road may pass, by opening the same, taking into estimation
the advantages and disadvantages, if any, and the damages so
ascertained shall be levied and assessed as other county charges are,
and shall be paid over to the persons respectively through whose
lands the said road may pass; Provided nevertheless, that no money
shall be levied or assessed for the purpose of discharging the damages
that may be done to any person or persons petitioning this
general assembly for said road. |
Compensation to
commissioners. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall be
entitled to receive a compensation for their attendance and services,
in discharge of their duties of this act, not exceeding two dollars
per day, to be ascertained by the levy court, which is hereby directed
to be levied, collected and paid, as other county charges are
levied, collected and paid. |
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Passed Dec. 14. |
CHAP. LXIV.
An Act authorising Levin Dirickson, late Sheriff and Collector of
Worcester County, to complete his Collection.
Lib. TH. No. 3,
fol. 394. |
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Passed Dec. 14. |
CHAP. LXV.
An Act for the benefit of Tabitha Harrison and Leah Tarr, of Worcester
County. Lib. TH. No. 3, fol. 394. |
Levy authorised
for their support. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the justices of the levy court of Worcester county, be and they are
hereby authorised and empowered, at their levy court annually, so
long as they shall see cause, to levy on the assessable property of
said county, a sum of money not exceeding thirty dollars, for the
support and maintenance of Tabitha Harrison, of said county, and
a sum not exceeding thirty dollars for the support and maintenance
of Leah Tarr, of said county, and the same shall be collected and
paid over to the said Tabitha Harrison and Leah Tarr, or their
order, in the same manner as other county charges are collected
and paid in said county. |
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Passed Dec. 14. |
CHAP. LXVI.
An Act for the benefit of Jesse Moffitt, a Minor, of Kent County.
Lib. TH. No. 3, fol. 395. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it has been represented to this general
assembly, by
the petition of Lancelot Moffitt, guardian to Jesse Moffitt, and
of Josiah Massy and others, of Kent county, that the draining of |
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