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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
under their hands and seals, to the constable of the hundred where
such lands may lie, commanding him to summon twelve freeholders,
not interested in the said lands, to appear on a day by them to
be appointed, on the said lands, at which time such freeholders
so summoned, shall respectively appear before the said commissioners,
and take the following oath, to wit: " I, A. B. do swear,
" that I will honestly, without favour, prejudice or partiality, value
" the damages and injury sustained by opening a road through the
" lands of C. D. in pursuance of this act," and shall return an inquisition
of such damages to the clerk of the county court of
Queen-Anne's county, and the damages so assessed shall be conclusive. |
1804.
CHAP. 29. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the persons who
may conceive
themselves interested or benefitted by such road or roads, are hereby
required to pay, or secure to be paid, into the hands of the commissioners
aforesaid, or some one of them, for the use of the person
or persons in whose favour such valuation shall be made, previous
to laying out and opening the roads aforesaid, whatever damages
be as aforesaid adjudged to the party sustaining such damages,
and in case of failure of such security or payment as aforesaid,
this act to be null and void, but in case of compliance with
the provisions of this act, the said roads are to be considered as
public roads, and to be kept up in the same manner as other public
roads in said county. |
Persons interested
in roads to pay
damages assessed. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any of the commissioners
named in this act shall die, resign, or refuse to act, the remaining
commissioners, or a majority of them, shall and they are hereby
authorised to supply such vacancy, by the appointment of another
person. |
How vacancies are
to be filled. |
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CHAP. XXX.
A Supplement to an act, * entitled, An act for the valuation of
Real
and Personal Property within this State. Lib.
JG. No. 4, fol. 559.
This act repealed by November, 1812, ch. 191. |
Passed Jan. 5, 1805.
* 1803, ch. 92. |
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CHAP. XXXI.
An Act for the relief of John Cushwa, junior, of Washington County.
A Private Act. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 559.
His title to a tract of land called
Poverty Increased, lying in said county, purchased
of Samuel Freeman, made perfect. |
Passed Jan. 12, 1805. |
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CHAP. XXXII.
An Act for the relief of James Sim, of Cecil County. Lib.
JG. No.
4, fol. 560. A Private Act. |
Passed Jan. 12, 1805. |
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CHAP. XXXIII.
An Act authorising a Lottery to raise a sum of money to purchase
a
Fire Engine for the Town of Elkton, in Cecil County,
and for other
purposes. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 561. |
Passed Jan. 12, 1805. |
WHEREAS it has been prayed to this general assembly,
that an
act may pass authorising a lottery for raising a sum of money for
the purpose of purchasing a fire engine and apparatus for the town
of Elkton, in Cecil county, and for the improvement of the streets
of said town; |
Preamble. |
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