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CHAP. 193.
Damages to be ascertained. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
or a majority
of them, shall ascertain and value what damages may be
sustained by any person or persons through whose land the said
road shall pass, taking into consideration the advantages and disadvantages,
if any, and the same, when so assessed, shall be paid,
or secured to be paid, by the person or persons who may apply to
have the said road laid out, straightened and amended as aforesaid,
to the person or persons entitled to receive the same, before he or
they shall proceed to open the said road. |
Persons aggrieved
may have jury
summoned.
Proviso. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons through
whose lands the said road shall pass, or his, her or their guardian
or trustee, shall conceive himself, herself or themselves, aggrieved
by such valuation and assessment of damages by the said commissioners
respectively, it shall and may be lawful for any justice of
the peace, on his, her or their application, to issue his warrant, under
his hand and seal, directed to the sheriff of the county, commanding
him to summon twelve disinterested men, qualified by law to
serve as jurors in the county court, to meet upon the premises on
a certain day, of which six days notice at least shall be given to
the party or parties interested; and the said jurors, when so met,
and having each first taken an oath before some justice of the
peace, that he will, without favour, affection, prejudice or partiality,
assess the damages sustained by the person or persons at whose
request such inquisition shall be taken, by reason of opening the
aforesaid road through his, her or their land, shall thereupon proceed
to assess the damages accordingly, taking into consideration
the advantages and disadvantages, if any, and such inquisition
and valuation shall be final and conclusive between the
parties respectively; Provided, that the said road shall not be
opened
through the buildings, gardens, yards or orchards, of any person,
without his or her consent. |
Commissioners
compensation. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
hereby
appointed shall have an allowance of two dollars for every day
they shall severally attend in discharge of the duties herein imposed. |
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Passed Jan. 28, 1816. |
CHAP. CXCIV.
An Act to pay the Civil List and other expenses of Civil Government,
for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
Lib. TH.
No. 5, fol. 80. |
| Salaries allowed. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the following officers of civil government, for the time being, shall
be entitled to receive at the rate of the following salaries for the
ensuing year, to wit: The treasurer of the western shore two thousand
dollars; the treasurer of the eastern shore four hundred and
fifty dollars; the auditor eight hundred dollars; the clerk of the
council eight hundred dollars; the clerk of the senate one hundred
and fifty dollars; the clerk of the house of delegates three hundred
dollars; the printer of the state twelve hundred dollars; and the
messenger to the council two hundred and fifty dollars. |
Monies to be first
applied to payment
thereof. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all monies which
shall remain in
the treasury after discharging the journal of accounts, and all unappropriated
money which may come into the treasury, be first applied
to the payment of the civil list for the ensuing year. |
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