| DEC. 1813.
CHAP. 97.
Damages to be assessed. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the sheriff of Baltimore
county,
after having given at least ten days notice in one of the newspapers
in the city of Baltimore shall at any time before the twentieth
day of July next, summon twelve freeholders, inhabitants of
the said city or precincts, not interested in the premises, who being
first sworn, shall proceed to assess and value the damages which
may be sustained by any person or persons by reason of opening
and extending said street, (taking all benefits and inconveniencies
into consideration,) 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 opening
and 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 within which it is to be paid, shall be returned under
their hands and seals to the register aforesaid, to be filed and kept
in his office, and the persons benefitted by the opening and extending
of said street, and assessed as aforesaid, shall respectively pay
the sums of money so charged and assessed, with interest thereon,
from the time limited for the payment thereof.
See 1814, ch. 101, if payment
is not made collector may distrain, &c. |
Sums assessed to
be a lien upon property
benefitted. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the sums of money
so assessed
and charged to each individual benefitted by opening and extending
said street, shall be a lien upon and bind all the property so
benefitted to the full amount thereof. |
Street not to be
opened until damages
are paid. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the street aforesaid
shall not be
extended or opened through the property of any individual injured
thereby until the damages by him, her or them, sustained and assessed
as aforesaid, shall be first tendered, paid, or secured to be
paid, to his, her or their satisfaction, together with legal interest
thereon from the time at which payment is limited to be made. |
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Passed Jan. 3, 1814. |
CHAP. XCVIII.
An Act for the relief of Jonathan Cox, of Allegany County.
Lib.
TH. No. 4, fol. 111. A Private Act.
A description given to the beginning
of the tract of land called Sheep Fold, patented
to him the 31st of July 1806. |
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Passed Jan. 4, 1814. |
CHAP. CXIX.
An Act for the benefit of David Williamson. Lib. TH. No.
4, fol.
111. A Private Act.
The state's right to a tract of land
called Carolina, or North Carolina, lying
in Baltimore county, released to him, and the deed to him from Doctor Joseph
Mackrill, confirmed. |
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Passed Jan. 3, 1814. |
CHAP. C.
An Act relating to Femes Covert. Lib. TH. No. 4, fol.
112. |
Females, foreigners,
marrying in
the United States,
may claim dower,
&c. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
any free white female, born without the limits or jurisdiction of the
United States, who hath intermarried, or shall intermarry with a
citizen of the United States, and doth or shall actually reside
therein after such intermarriage, such female shall have and enjoy,
within this state, all the immunities, rights and privileges, of a native
born citizen, so far as to enable such female to claim, hold and
acquire, in dower, or by gift, grant, purchase, descent, or otherwise,
any lands, tenements or hereditaments, and to sell, convey, |
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