| DEC. 1813.
CHAP. 108.
Proviso. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
to Battle Swamp; Provided, that the said road shall not be made
to
pass through the buildings, yards, gardens or orchards, of any
person or persons, without the consent of the owner of owners
thereof. |
Plot. Expenses to
be levied. Overseer. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the duty
of the commissioners
aforesaid, or a majority of them, on or before the first
Monday of September next, to 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; and if the levy court of said
county, upon consideration of all circumstances, shall be of opinion
that the said road will be of advantage, then and in such case
the clerk of said county shall record the same plot and certificate,
whereupon it shall and may be lawful for the levy court of said
county, to levy upon the assessable property of said county, such
sum of money as they may deem necessary, and to appoint and
employ 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
to other public roads in said county. |
| Damages to be ascertained. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court
of said county
shall appoint three disinterested persons, who, 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 consideration the advantages
and disadvantages, and return the same to the levy court,
and the damages so ascertained shall be levied and assessed as
other county charges are, and shall be paid over to the persons respectively
who may be endangered thereby; Provided nevertheless,
that no money shall be levied or assessed for the purpose of paying
the damages aforesaid, until the said road is opened and cleared
agreeably to the directions of this act. |
Commissioners
compensation. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall be
entitled to receive, as a compensation for their services, a sum 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. |
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Passed Jan. 28, 1814. |
CHAP. CIX.
An Act to enable the President, Directors and Company, of the Farmers
Bank of Maryland at Annapolis, and of the Branch Bank
at
Easton, to remove said Banks in case of necessity, and
for other
purposes. Lib. TH. No. 4, fol. 124.
This act has ceased to have any operation. |
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Passed Jan. 26, 1814. |
CHAP. CX.
An Act authorising Thomas Saulsbury, late Sheriff and Collector
of
Caroline County, to complete his Collection. Lib.
TH. No. 4, fol.
125. |
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Passed Jan. 26, 1814. |
CHAP. CXI.
An Act for the relief of Anne Mackie. Lib. TH. No. 4,
fol. 126.
A Private Act. |
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