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CHAP. 44. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
and the said road, when laid out and opened, and the valuation
hereinafter directed to be made shall have taken place, and a
plot thereof made out and returned to the clerk of Baltimore county,
to be recorded among the records of said county, shall for ever
thereafter be deemed a public road, and shall be kept in repair as
other public roads in said county. |
| Damages to be ascertained. |
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 may pass, and the said valuation shall be made, and the
damages paid, or secured to be paid, to the person or persons
aggrieved, 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
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. |
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Passed Jan. 4, 1817. |
CHAP. XLV.
An Act respecting the Right of Challenge in Criminal Cases.
Lib.
TH. No. 5, fol. 181. |
In cases of felony
persons accused to
have a right to
challenge.
* Ch. 138. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
in every case of felony hereafter to be tried in any court of law in
this state, the person or persons accused thereof, shall have the
right to challenge the same number of jurors which he, she or
they, could have done prior to the passage of the act, entitled,
An act respecting crimes and punishments, passed in the year
eighteen hundred and nine*, and every part of the said act inconsistent
herewith be and the same is hereby repealed. |
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Passed Jan. 4, 1817. |
CHAP. XLVI.
An Act for the better payment of Jurors in Frederick and Allegany
Counties. Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 181. |
Jurors allowed
itinerant charges. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
each and every juror summoned on the regular pannel of jurors
to Frederick and Allegany county courts, who shall reside more
then five miles from the place of holding the said court, shall in
addition to the per diem allowed him by law, be entitled to an allowance |
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