| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
before the said commissioners shall proceed to open and
clear the same; Provided, that if any person or persons through
whose land the said road shall pass, or his, her or their guardian
or trustee, shall conceive him, her or themselves aggrieved by such
valuation and assessment of damages by the said commissioners,
it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace of the said county on
application of any of the persons interested, to issue his warrant,
under his hand and seal, directed to any constable of said county,
commanding him to summon twelve disinterested freeholders, to
appear on a day to be appointed by the said justice, on the land
of
the person making application, and the said freeholders having first
made oath before some justice of the peace for the said county, that
they will, without favour, affection or partiality, assess the damages
sustained by the person or persons at whose request such inquisition
shall be made, by reason of opening the said road through
his, her or their lands, shall thereupon proceed to assess and value
the damages accordingly, of which the said commissioners shall
have at least five days previous notice, and such inquisition shall
be final and conclusive; Provided always, that the said road shall
not pass through any house, yard, garden or orchard, without the
consent of the owner or owners thereof. |
1815.
CHAP. 49.
Provisos. |
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CHAP. L.
An Act relating to the Poor House, and public ground thereto belonging,
in Cecil County. Lib. TH. No. 4, fol. 470.
Other acts, Nov. 1787, ch. 18; 1803, ch. 85. |
Passed Jan. 4, 1816. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the justices of the levy court of Cecil county, or a majority of
them, are hereby authorised and empowered to sell the poor's house
in said county, and the public ground appertaining thereto, on
such terms as they, or a majority of them, may think proper, and
to apply the money arising therefrom to the purchase of such lands,
and erection of such buildings, as are authorised by this act. |
Poor-house may be
sold—application
of proceeds |
2. BE IT ENACTED, That the said levy court,
or a majority of
them, are hereby empowered and directed after any sale made as
aforesaid, to execute a deed of conveyance to the purchaser or
purchasers of said poor's-house, and the public ground sold as
aforesaid, and when the same shall be recorded as other deeds are,
the same shall be valid and effectual to pass to the purchaser or
purchasers, all the right, title and interest, of the said county, in
and to the same. |
Levy court authorised
to execute a
deed therefor. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court
of Cecil county
aforesaid, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised
and empowered to purchase any quantity of land lying and
being in Cecil county aforesaid, not exceeding one hundred acres,
and to erect such buildings thereon as they in their judgment may
think necessary, for the use of the poor of said county, and the
same, when so obtained, to be applied to the use of the poor of
said county, subject to the laws and regulations that the poor's-house
in said county and the public ground appertaining thereto
now are. |
May purchase land,
&c. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court
aforesaid be and
are hereby authorised to assess and levy on the assessable property
of said county, such sum or sums of money, and at such times as |
Levy authorised. |
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