|
ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
to themselves, and the public in general, to have a road laid out and
opened from Westminster, in Frederick county, to the city of
Washington and George-town; therefore, |
1803.
CHAP. 53. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Jacob Shearman, of Frederick county, James Hood and George
Ellicott, of Baltimore county, Samuel Welch and Samuel Thomas,
of Anne-Arundel county, and Thomas Moore and Nathan Musgrove,
of Montgomery county, or a majority of them, be and they are
hereby appointed commissioners to survey, lay out and open, at the
expense of the petitioners, or other persons interested therein, who
may subscribe to pay the expense, a road, not exceeding thirty
feet in width, in the best and straightest direction, taking all circumstances
into consideration, from Westminster, in Frederick
county, to the city of Washington and George-town; and the said
commissioners shall make out a plot of that part of the road through
Baltimore county, and return the same to the clerk of the county
court, to be recorded among the records of said county; they shall
also make out a plot of that part of the road through Anne-Arundel
county, and return the same to the clerk of Anne-Arundel county
court, to be recorded among the records of said county; they shall
likewise make out a plot of that part of the road through Anne-Arundel
county, and return the same to the clerk of Anne-Arundel county
court, to be recorded among the records of said county; and the
said road, when so opened at the expense of the petitioners, or others
interested, and the valuation herein after directed to be made shall
be paid, or secured to be paid, to the individuals concerned, shall
be thereafter deemed to be a public road for ever, and shall be kept
in repair in the same manner as other public roads are directed to
be kept in said counties. |
Commissioners appointed
to survey
and open a road. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case of the
death, resignation,
disqualification, or refusal to act, of any of the commissioners
aforesaid, the remaining commissioners, or a majority of them, shall
and they are hereby authorised and directed to fill up such vacancy
or vacancies. |
How vacancies are
to be filled. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
or a majority
of them, may appoint a treasurer, and give him a certificate,
under their hands, of his appointment, who is hereby enjoined and
empowered to collect and receive all monies subscribed, or that may
be subscribed, for the purpose of opening the said road, and such
subscribers are hereby directed to pay their several subscriptions
to the treasurer appointed as aforesaid; and if any person shall neglect
or refuse, when applied to by the said treasurer, to pay his
subscription money, the said treasurer may, and his is hereby authorised
to sue, recover and receive the same; and the said monies,
when received, shall be applied, under the direction of the commissioners
aforesaid, or a majority of them, to the purpose of this act. |
treasurer to be
appointed. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the treasurer to
be appointed as
aforesaid, before he shall receive any money subscribed, or to be
subscribed, for the purpose aforesaid, shall give his bond, in the penalty
of two thousand pounds, to the state of Maryland, conditioned
to pay the monies received by him, as such, to the commissioners
aforesaid, or their order, or to the order of a majority of the said
commissioners. |
Who shall give
bond. |
|
 |
