| NOV. 1812.
CHAP. 170.
Passed Dec. 28.
* 1811, ch. 124. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. CLXX.
A Supplement to an act*, entitled, An act authorising the Levy Court
of Prince-George's County to open a Road in said County.
Lib.
TH. No. 3, fol. 506. |
Levy court authorised
to open road. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the levy court of Prince-George's county be and they are hereby
authorised and required, to open the road in said county described
in the act to which this is a supplement, according to the directions
and provisions of the said act to which this is a supplement, and
they are hereby authorised and required to levy on the assessable
property in said county, a sum of money not exceeding five hundred
dollars, two hundred and fifty dollars of which to be levied
annually for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of
this act, and the act to which this is a supplement. |
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Passed Dec. 29.
† 1811, ch. 186. |
CHAP. CLXXI.
A Supplement to an act †, entitled, An act to extend McElderry-Street,
in the Eastern Precincts of Baltimore. Lib.
TH. No. 3,
fol. 507. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
that by the
act to which this is a supplement, the damages sustained by reason
of extending said street were to be assessed and levied on the petitioners
only, which would operate partially, and is contrary to the
provisions always made in such cases, which are that all persons
benefitted shall pay their proportion of the damages incurred;
therefore, |
Freeholders to be
summoned to ascertain
damages
sustained. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the sheriff of Baltimore county, after having given at least ten
days notice in one or more of the newspapers of the city of Baltimore,
shall at any time before the first day of May next, summon
twelve freeholders, inhabitants of the said precincts, not interested
in
the premises, who first being sworn to assess and value what damages
shall be sustained by any person or persons by reason of extending
McElderry-street under the provisions of the act to which
this is a supplement, (taking advantages and disadvantages into
consideration,) shall proceed to assess and value what damages
have been sustained by any person or persons whomsoever by extending
said street, and shall also declare what sum of money each
individual benefitted thereby shall respectively contribute and pay
towards compensating the person or persons injured by extending
said street; and the names of the persons, and the sums of money
which they shall respectively be obliged to pay, and the time in
which they shall pay the same, shall be returned, under their
hands and seals, to the clerk of Baltimore county court, to be filed
and kept in his office; and the persons benefitted by extending the
said street, and assessed as aforesaid, shall respectively pay the
sum or sums of money so charged and assessed to him, her or them,
with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent. from the time
limited
for the payment thereof. |
Sums assessed to
be a lien on property
benefitted. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the sums of money
assessed and
charged to each individual benefitted by extending the aforesaid
street, shall be a lien upon and bind all the property so benefitted to
the full amount thereof. |
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