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ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
4. 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 or off whose lands the
said road may pass, and the same, when so assessed, shall be paid
before the said commissioners shall proceed to open the said road;
Provided always, that if any person or persons through or on
whose lands said road shall pass, or his, her or their guardian or
trustee, shall conceive themselves aggrieved by such valuation and
assessment of damages by the said commissioners, it shall and may
be lawful for any justice of the peace of said county, upon the application
of the person or persons so aggrieved, to issue his warrant
to the sheriff of the county, commanding him to summon
twelve freeholders of said county, not interested in the premises,
and qualified to serve as jurors, to appear on a day by the said justice
to be appointed, on the premises; and the said sheriff is hereby
authorised to administer an oath to the persons so summoned, that
they 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 or on his, her or their lands; and the persons so summoned
and sworn shall thereupon proceed to assess and value the
damages accordingly, of which the said commissioners, or a majority
of them, shall have at least five days previous notice, and
shall return the said damages, so assessed, to the county court of
said county; and such inquisition shall be final and conclusive; and
the said valuation or damages shall be paid to the parties respectively
entitled to the same, before the said commissioners shall proceed
to open said road. |
1806.
CHAP. 3.
Damages to be ascertained.
Proviso. |
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CHAP. IV.
An Act for the relief of William Rickard, of Montgomery County.
Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 194. A Private Act. |
Passed Dec. 31. |
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CHAP. V.
An Act to authorise and empower the Levy Court of Worcester County
to assess and levy a sum of money for the support and
maintenance
of Susanna Davis. Lib. TH. No. 1, fol.
194. |
Passed Dec. 31. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of Sophia Davis, in behalf of her mother, Susanna Davis,
that she is a very poor woman, having no means of support except
by her labour, and of a very weak and infirm constitution; that she
has supported her said mother, (who is now upwards of an hundred
years old, and blind,) for several years past; and praying that
a law may pass, authorising the levy court of Worcester county to
levy a sum of money on the assessable property of said county for
the support and maintenance of her said mother; and the facts stated
in said petition appearing to be true, therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the levy court of Worcester county shall be and they are hereby
directed and empowered, at their levy court annually, so long as
they shall see cause, to assess and levy, on the assessable property
of said county, a sum of money, not exceeding twenty-five dollars,
for the support and maintenance of the said Susanna Davis, and
that the same be collected annually by the collector or collectors of |
Levy for support
of Susanna Davis. |
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