| 1814.
CHAP. 98.
Proviso. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
from Doctor James Beard's, on an easterly course to said Mountain's
mills, and passing on the south side of the said mills in a
north easterly direction, passing by Zion's meeting house on Cyrus
Oldham's land, until it intersects the road leading from the
brick meeting house towards Simpson's tavern, or in a direction
from said mills till it intersects the aforesaid road near Nathaniel
Oldham's, in as straight a direction as the nature of the ground
will admit of, and with as little injury to the individuals over
whose land the same may pass, as may comport with the public
convenience; Provided, the said road shall not be laid out through
the garden, yard, meadow or orchard, of any person or persons,
without his, her or their consent in writing, first had and obtained;
and a plot of said road, when surveyed, confirmed and laid out,
together with a certificate of the courses of the same, shall be returned
to the clerk's office of Cecil county, there to be recorded. |
Expense to be levied
on county. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That when the plot of
said road shall
have been confirmed and recorded as aforesaid, it shall and may
be lawful for the levy court to levy upon the assessable property
in said county, a sum of money such as they shall deem necessary
under all circumstances, and to appoint an overseer or overseers
to open and clear said road agreeably to the plot and certificate
aforesaid, who shall give bond in like manner as other overseers of
public roads are directed to give bond, and shall have the same allowance;
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. |
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 hte persons through or on whose
lands the said road may pass, (petitioners to the general assembly
for this road only excepted,) by opening hte same, and the damages
so ascertained shall be levied and assessed as other county
charges are, and shall be paid over to the said persons respectively
over whose land said road may pass. |
Commissioners to
take an oath. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
before
they proceed to act, shall take an oath before some justice of the
peace, that they will, without favour or affection, prejudice or partiality,
assess the damages sustained by the person or persons
through whose lands the said road may pass, by reason of opening
the same. |
| Their compensation. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
respectively,
when named by the levy court aforesaid, shall be entitled
to receive two dollars for every day they shall severally attend
to discharge the duties required by this act, which is hereby directed
to be levied, collected and paid, as other county charges are
levied, collected and paid. |
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Passed Jan. 30, 1815. |
CHAP. XCIX.
An Act for the payment of the Journal of Accounts. Lib.
TH. No. 4,
fol. 358. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it appears by the journal of accounts of
this session
that there is due from this state the sum of twenty-seven thousand
two hundred and fifty-four dollars; therefore, |
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