| 1805.
CHAP. 100.
Manner in which
Old Town Branch
may be ditched. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for the proprietors of the lands lying on
the north prong of Old Town branch, to ditch the same in manner
following, to wit: Beginning at the bottom of a ditch heretofore
cut
in the land of James Brody, and running thence down the said
branch to the place at which a tub mill formerly stood in the said
Brody's land, and also for the proprietors of lands lying on the
west prong of said Old-Town branch to ditch the same as follows:
Beginning at the place where the Nine Bridges Road crosses the
said branch in the land of Robert Hardcastle, and running thence
down the said prong through the lands of James Clements; and it
shall be lawful for the said proprietors to meet on the first Monday
of March next, and on the same day annually thereafter, at
Greensborough, or any other place which a majority of the proprietors
shall appoint, in Caroline county, and for such proprietors,
or a majority of those who shall attend at the said meeting,
then and there to elect, by ballot, three of the said proprietors for
directors, who, or a majority of them, when so elected and chosen,
are hereby authorised and empowered to make and open a drain
or ditch down each of the said prongs, from the place of beginning
to the places aforesaid, in such direction, and of such width
and depth, as they, or a majority of them, may judge most proper
to carry off the water of said branch, and the power and authority
of the said directors, so to be chosen, shall continue and be in force
until the next annual election of directors. |
Expenses to be
paid by proprietors. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the cost, charges
and expenses,
of cutting and opening the said ditch or drain, shall be paid by
the respective proprietors of the same, each paying for the cutting
and opening the said drain or ditch through his own land, except
where it shall so happen that two or more of the said proprietors
hold parts of the said branch through which the said ditch or drain
shall be made, adjoining each other, part on the one side thereof and
part on the other, in which case each shall pay in proportion to the
part he shall or may hold. |
Directors to open
and keep in repair
ditch or drain.
Proviso. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said directors,
or any two of
them, shall have full power and authority, at any time thereafter,
to cut, open and complete, the said drain or ditch, and also from
time to time to repair, cleanse and keep open and in good order,
the said ditches or drains so to be opened and cut in virtue of this
act, at the expense of the said proprietors, in the same proportion
that the expenses of cutting and opening the said ditches or drains
in the first instance, and of repairing and cleansing the same when
cut and opened, the said directors, or any two of them, are hereby
authorised to apportion what they may conceive the expense thereof
will amount to, and demand and receive such proportions respectively
from the said proprietors, before or at any time after the
commencement of the said work, or after the same is finished;
Provided always, that inasmuch as it may be inconvenient for
some of the proprietors through whose land said ditches or drains
shall pass, to satisfy and answer all the expenses of cutting and
opening said ditch or drain at one term, the said directors, or any
two of them, may make an estimate of the expenses of cutting
said ditch or drain, and shall pass and apportion the same as above
directed, and that the same be paid by the proprietors respectively |
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