| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
thereof, lay off and mark a road forty feet wide, from the end
of the Falls turnpike road, near Richard Caton's limekiln, to Benjamin
Price's shop, from thence to the Black Rock Mills, and from
thence in such a direction as to intersect the main road near George
Kerlinger's mill; and about eight miles of the said road have been
opened, cleared, and made passable, by the Falls turnpike road company;
and the said company have prayed that a law may pass for
enabling them to complete the said road. |
1816.
CHAP. 115. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Charles Worthington, Kensey Johns, Stephen Gill, of Nicholas,
Isaac Green, Robert G. Harper, and Richard Caton, be and they
are hereby appointed to view the sid road, and they, or a majority
of them, shall lay out the same sixty feet wide from the termination
of the Falls turnpike road by Richard Caton's limekiln, to the tenth
mile stone fixed by the said company, and from thence as heretofore
laid down by the commissioners under the act of November
session, eighteen hundred and eight, as aforesaid; Provided, that
if
the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall find that any
part of the location of the said road, between the said tenth mile
stone and George Kerlinger's mill, may be altered and changed, so
as to improve the same, or promote the public convenience, they
are hereby authorised to make such alteration, so as that by such
alteration the said road shall not be made to pass through any orchard,
yard or garden, or field where grain or any other crop
shall at the time be sowed, planted or growing, without the consent
of the owner; and when they have marked and laid out the
said road, they shall cause a survey to be made of the same, and
return two certificates thereof, under their hands and seals, one to
the clerk of Baltimore county, to be filed in his office, and the other
to the president, managers and company, of the Falls turnpike road. |
Persons appointed
to lay out road.
Proviso. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That when the said commissioners,
or
a majority of them, shall have made a return of he location of the
road as herein directed, then the sid president, managers and
company, of the Falls turnpike road, shall be empowered to open
books, and receive subscriptions for additional stock, to enable
them to make and complete the said road, to any amount not exceeding
one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, in shares of one
hundred dollars each, on such terms, and at such times and places,
as the said president and managers shall direct and appoint. |
Books to be opened
for additional
stock. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That such additional
stock as may be
subscribed under this act, shall be applied exclusively to opening
and making the said road, from the cross roads near Richard
Caton's limekiln, to George Kerlinger's mill, and from thence to
the line of Pennsylvania; which road the president, managers and
company, of the Falls turnpike road, are hereby authorised and
empowered to open and make accordingly, and for that purpose to
enter upon, pass through, use and occupy, all the lands included
within the location of the said road, of the width hereby directed. |
To be applied exclusively
to making
road. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons through
whose lands the said road is about to pass, or the guardian of any
such person or persons, shall object thereto, then the said president,
managers and company, may apply to any two justices of the
peace for Baltimore county, who upon the said application, are
hereby required to issue their warrant, under their hands and |
Jury may be summoned
to ascertain
damages. |
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