| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
Montgomery counties, to be recorded among the records of said
counties; whereupon the levy courts of said counties shall appoint
an overseer to open and clear said road, agreeably to the plots and
certificates aforesaid; and said road when cleared and opened as
aforesaid, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be, for ever
afterwards, a public road. |
1817.
CHAP. 65. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said levy courts
of the counties
aforesaid are hereby authorised to open the said road at the expense
of the said counties, by a levy on the assessable property of
the said counties, if in the judgment and discretion of the said levy
courts of the public utility and advantage require it. |
Levy authorised. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
or a majority
of them, shall value and ascertain the damages that may be
sustained by each and every of the persons through whose lands the
said road may pass, by the opening the same, taking into consideration
the advantages and disadvantages, if any, and the damages
so ascertained shall be levied and assessed as other county charges
are, and shall be paid over to the persons respectively through
whose land the said road may pass; Provided however, that no
person or persons through whose land the said road may pass, and
who has signed the petition for the same, shall be entitled to any
damages by virtue of this act. |
Damages to be ascertained.
Proviso. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons through
whose land the said road may pass, or his or their guardian or
trustee, shall conceive himself, herself or themselves, aggrieved
by such valuation or assessment of damages by the commissioners
aforesaid, it shall or may be lawful for a justice of the peace of
said counties, on his or their application, to issue his or their warrant,
under seal, directed to a constable of the hundred, commanding
him to summon twelve disinterested men, qualified to serve as
jurors in the county courts aforesaid, to meet upon the premises
upon a certain day, of which ten 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 said
road through his, her, or their land, shall thereupon value and ascertain
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. |
Jury may be summoned
to ascertain
damages. |
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CHAP. LXVI.
An Act extending the time for taking the Bond of the Sheriff of
Baltimore
County. Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 555. |
Passed Jan. 27, 1818. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the time for taking the bond of the sheriff of Baltimore county be
extended to the fifteenth day of February next, and that if the said
sheriff shall at any time before or on the fifteenth day of February
next, give a bond in all other respects agreeably to law, the said
bond shall have the same effect, to all intents and purposes, as if
the same had been taken on or before the time prescribed by law. |
Time extended for
taking bond. |
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