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CHAP. 62. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
bonds as prescribed in the act to which this is a supplement,
to qualify the sheriff so bonding, in the same manner as the judges
of the county courts are authorised to do, and transmit a certificate
thereof to the clerk of their county court, to be by him recorded,
which qualification shall be valid in law, any law to the contrary
notwithstanding. |
Qualification to be
valid. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the qualification
of any sheriff
already taken before a justice of the orphans court shall be valid
and effectual in law. |
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Passed Jan. 8, 1816. |
CHAP. LXIII.
An Act annulling the Marriage of Levi Baxley, and Margaret his
Wife, of the City of Baltimore. Lib.
TH. No. 4, fol. 492. |
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Passed Jan. 8, 1816. |
CHAP. LXIV.
An Act annulling the Marriage of Thomas W. Hooper and Francis
A. Hooper. Lib. Th. No. 4, fol. 492. |
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Passed Jan. 8, 1816. |
CHAP. LXV.
An Act to lay out and make public a Road in Dorchester County.
Lib. TH. No. 4, fol. 493. |
Commissioners appointed
to survey
and lay out a road. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Joseph Byas, James Pattison, Captain John Spedden, Roger
Woolford and James Trippe, are hereby appointed commissioners,
and they, or any three of them, are hereby authorised to survey,
lay out and open, a road in Dorchester county, not exceeding twenty
feet in width, commencing from some point to be selected by the
said commissioners, on the main road to Hill's Point in the county
aforesaid, thence running down Eccleston's neck, in a direction the
most convenient for the citizens, and least injurious to the holders
of property, as far as the public convenience, in the judgment of
the said commissioners, may require; and the said commissioners,
or a majority of them, shall report their proceedings to the levy
court of the county aforesaid, which said report shall by the direction
of the levy court aforesaid, be recorded among the land records
of the said county; and the said road, when so surveyed, laid
out and opened, shall be deemed and taken to be a public road for
ever thereafter, and kept in repair as other public roads are in said
county. |
Damages to be ascertained.
Provisos. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall ascertain
and value what damages may be sustained by any person
or persons through whose lands the said road shall pass, and the
same, when so assessed, shall be paid, or secured to be paid, in the
manner hereafter directed; Provided always, that if any person or
persons through whose land the said road shall pass, or his, her or
their guardian or trustee, shall conceive themselves aggrieved by
such valuation and assessment of damages by the said commissioners,
it shall and may be lawful for said commissioners, or any three
of them, to issue their warrant to the sheriff of the county aforesaid,
commanding him to summon twelve freeholders in the county
aforesaid, and not interested in the premises, and qualified to serve
as jurors in the county court, to appear on a day by them appointed
on the premises; and the said commissioners, or any one of
them, are hereby authorised to administer an oath, or affirmation, |
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