| 1802.
CHAP. 91. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
city of Washington that on the south side of Patapsco, opposite
said ferry, the petitioner hath leased an acre of land from Charles
Carroll, of Carrollton, Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, and
Christopher Johnson, for the purpose of a ferry landing; that from
the said ferry landing there is no public road opened for the accommodation
of travellers, and therefore prayed a law might pass for
that purpose; and this general assembly thinking the prayer of the
said petitioner reasonable, therefore, |
Road to be laid
out. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
there shall be a public road and highway, of the width of thirty
feet, laid out and opened from the lot of ground leased by the said
Edward Norwood from the said Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, and
others, to begin on the shore of Patapsco, at the place where the
road formerly run, and thence on a straight line to intersect the
public road leading from Elk-Ridge landing to the falls of Patapsco,
in the direction where the road heretofore passed, and the said
road, when laid out, shall be deemed and taken to be a public
road for ever hereafter, and kept up, amended and repaired, as all
other public roads in Anne-Arundel county; and that the road leading
from Baltimore city to said ferry, as heretofore laid out and
opened, shall also be a public highway at all times hereafter. |
Commissioners
appointed. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That Brice J. Worthington,
Isaac
Dorsey and Osborn Williams, or any two of them, be and are hereby
appointed commissioners to lay out said road, and they, or any
two of them, shall ascertain and value what damages may be sustained
by any person or persons through whose land the said road
shall pass, and the same, when so assessed, shall be paid by the
said Edward Norwood to the person or persons entitled to receive
the same, before the said road, after it is laid off, shall be used. |
Who may lay off
a road. |
4. AND, whereas it is represented to this
general assembly, by
the petition of sundry inhabitants of Elk-Ridge landing, that it
would be in the power of the proprietors of the lands lying between
said road, and the road leading through Samuel Norwood's
lot to Elk-Ridge landing, to stop up the same; therefore, BE IT
ENACTED, That the said commissioners, or a major part of them,
shall have full power and authority, and they are hereby directed,
to lay off and open a road, of the width aforesaid, through the
said Norwood's lot, leased as aforesaid from the said Charles Carroll,
and others, from the ferry landing, or said Edward Norwood's
lot, where the public road goes, to intersect the road leading
through Elk-Ridge landing, in such direction as they, or a majority
of them, shall think most convenient; and that the said commissioners,
or a majority of them, shall ascertain and value what
damages may be sustained by any person persons through whose
land the said road shall pass, and the same, when so assessed, shall
be paid to the proprietor or proprietors, by the person or persons
applying to the said commissioners to have the same opened, before
the said road, after it is laid off, shall be used. |
Damages to be
ascertained. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons through
whose land the said road or roads shall pass, or his or her guardian
or trustee, shall conceive themselves aggrieved by the valuation of
the said commissioners, it shall and may be lawful for the said
commissioners, or any two of them, to issue their warrant to the
sheriff of the county, to summon twelve freeholders of the county, |
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