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BENJAMIN OGLE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. |
1800. |
as the situation of the ground will admit, and best answer
the purposes of this act, from Christopher Walker's mill, in Anne-Arundel
county, until it intersects the Frederick turnpike road at
or near the seven mile stone; and the said road, when so surveyed,
laid out and opened, and the valuation herein after directed
to be made shall have taken place, shall be recorded in Baltimore
county court, and shall be deemed and taken to be a public
road for ever thereafter, and kept up, amended and repaired, as all
other public road in the said county. |
CHAP. 17. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall ascertain
and value what damages may be sustained by any person or
persons through whose land the said road shall pass, and the same,
when so assessed, shall be paid, or secured to be paid, by the said
petitioner, before the said commissioners shall proceed to open the
said road; provided always, that if any person or persons through
whose land the 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 the said commissioners, or any two of them, to
issue their warrant to any constable of Baltimore county, to summon
five freeholders of the county, not interested in the premises,
and qualified to serve as jurors in the county court, to appear, on a
day by them to be appointed, on the premises; and the said commissioners
are hereby authorised to administer an oath to every
person so summoned, that he will, without favour, affection, prejudice
or partiality, assess the damages sustained by the person at
whose request such inquisition shall be taken, by reason of opening
the aforesaid road through 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 petitioner, shall have
had at least five days previous notice; and such inquisition shall
be
final and conclusive between the parties. |
Damages to be ascertained.
Provision. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall not
lay out or open the said road through the buildings, gardens, or
orchards, of any person, without his or her consent. |
Road not to go
through buildings,
&c. |
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CHAP. XVIII.
An Act authorising Cornelius Howard Gist, late Collector of Baltimore
county, to complete his Collection. Lib. JG.
No. 3, fol. 383. |
Passed Dec. 19. |
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CHAP. XIX.
An Act to relinquish the right of this state to the Tract of Land
therein
mentioned. Lib. JG.
No. 3, fol. 384. A Private Act.
The states' right to a tract of land
called " Bear Range," was by this act released
and confirmed to Upton Bruce, his heirs and assigns. |
Passed Dec. 19. |
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CHAP. XX.
An Act to lay out and open a Road from Jesse Tomlinson's, on Brudock's
Old Road, to Matthew Ball's, on George's Creek.
Lib. JG.
No. 3, fol. 385. |
Passed Dec. 19. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of sundry inhabitants of Allegany county, that a road to lead
from or near Jesse Tomlinson's, on Bradock's Old Road, to cross
Savage river near the Falls, and from thence the most advantageous |
Preamble. |
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