| CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
15. AND BE IT ENACTED, That nothing in this
act shall be construed
to repeal the power heretofore vested in the several levy
courts of this state, in and relating to the altering of public roads
through the lands of persons petitioning for such alteration. |
1818.
CHAP. 89.
Nothing in this act
to repeal power
vested in levy |
16. AND BE IT ENACTED, That whenever it shall
be adjudged
by the county court that the damages, or any proportion thereof,
sustained by reason of opening, straightening or shutting up, any
road, shall be paid by the petitioners therefor, the clerk of the
county court shall not transmit to the levy court a copy of the said
judgment as aforesaid, until the said petitioners shall have proved
to his satisfaction that the said damages, or such proportion thereof
as aforesaid, have been fully paid or tendered to the respective persons
authorised to receive the same; Provided always, that such
proof shall be offered within six months next after the judgment
of the courts; and in case the said proof shall be had as if the
judgment of the court had been against the petitioners, and the said
petition shall be considered as withdrawn by the said petitioners. |
courts relating to
altering roads.
When damages
are adjudged to be
paid by petitioners,
judgment not
to be transmitted
until damages are
paid.
Proviso. |
17. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the act, entitled,
An act to empower
and authorise the several county courts of this state to direct
the opening, straightening, or shutting up, of public roads,
passed at December session eighteen hundred and sixteen*, be and
the same is hereby repealed; Provided always, that any proceedings
heretofore begun under the provisions of that law, may be proceeded
on, and shall have the same effect, as if the above mentioned
act had not been passed. |
Act repealed.
* Ch. 261.
Proviso. |
18. AND BE IT ENACTED, That nothing in this
act contained
shall be construed to extend to Worcester county. |
Not to extend to
Worcester county. |
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CHAP. XC.
An Act to Quiet Possessions, and to prevent Suits at Law.
Lib. TH.
No. 6, fol. 306. |
Passed Jan. 26, 1819. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
wherever land shall be taken up, under a common or special warrant,
or warrant of resurvey, any person or persons, bodies corporate
or politic, may give in evidence, under the general issue, his,
her, or their possession thereof; and if it shall appear in evidence
that the person or persons, bodies corporate or politic, or those under
whom they claim, have held the lands in possession for twenty
years before the action or actions brought, such possession shall be
a bar to all right or claim derived from the state under any patent
issued upon such warrant or warrants; Provided always, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to affect any title or titles,
under any common or special warrant, or warrant of resurvey,
where the same shall have been laid before the passing of this act. |
Where land shall
be taken up under
a common or special
warrant, persons
may give in
evidence their
possession thereof.
Proviso. |
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CHAP. XCI.
An Act to authorise Ruth Tolson to complete the Collections of John
Tolson, her deceased Husband, late Collector
of Queen-Anne's
County. Lib. TH. No. 6, fol. 307. |
Passed Jan. 26, 1819. |
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