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JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
best direction that the nature of the ground will admit, from Francis
Holland's landing, on Patapsco river, until it intersects the
road leading from Hammond's ferry to the city of Annapolis between
Harrison's quarter and the Saw-mill run; and the said road, when
so surveyed, laid out and opened, and the valuation hereinafter directed
to be made shall have taken place, shall be recorded by the
clerk of Anne-Arundel county, and shall for ever thereafter be deemed
and taken to be a public highway, and kept in repair as other
public roads in said county. |
1802.
CHAP. 99 |
3. 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 lands the said
road shall pass, taking into consideration the advantages and disadvantages,
if any, and the same, when so assessed, shall be paid,
or secured to be paid, by the said Francis Holland to the person or
persons entitled to receive the same, before the said road, after it
is laid off, shall be opened and cleared. |
Damages to be ascertained. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That Zachariah Mackubin,
George
Ellicott and Ezekiel John Dorsey, be and they are hereby appointed
commissioners to straighten and amend the road now open and
used, from James Croxall's point, on the river Patapsco, until it
intersects the George-town road at or near Mrs. Carroll's bridge,
on Gwinn's falls, in Baltimore county, of a width not exceeding
thirty feet, and the said road, when so straighten and amended,
and the valuation hereinafter directed to be made shall have taken
place, shall be recorded by the clerk of Baltimore county, and shall
for ever thereafter be deemed and taken to be a public highway,
and kept in repair as other public roads in said county. |
Commissioners appointed
to straighten
a certain road. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
last named, or
a majority of them, shall ascertain and value what damages may be
sustained by any person or persons through whose lands the road
last described shall pass, taking into consideration the advantages
and disadvantages, if any, and the same, when so assessed, shall
be paid, or secured to be paid, by the said James Croxall, to the
person or persons entitled to receive the same, within six months
after the said damages shall be ascertained in the mode prescribed
by this act. |
Damages to be ascertained. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons through
whose lands the said roads shall pass, or his, her or their guardian
or trustee, shall conceive himself, herself or themselves, aggrieved
by such valuation and assessment of damages by the said commissioners
respectively, it shall and may be lawful for any justice of
the peace, on his, her or their application, to issue his warrant, under
his hand and seal, directed to the sheriff of the county, commanding
him to summon twelve disinterested men, qualified by
law to serve as jurors in the county court, to meet upon the premises
on 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 aforesaid road through his, her or their land, shall thereupon
proceed to assess and value the damages accordingly, taking into |
In case persons
conceive themselves
aggrieved,
jury may be summoned. |
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