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BENJAMIN OGLE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAP. XXIII.
An Act further supplementary to the act, * entitled, An act for
the better
administration of Justice in the several Counties of
this State. Lib.
JG. No. 3, fol. 390.
See the note under ch. 9. |
1800.
CHAP. 23.
Passed Dec. 19.
* 1796, ch. 43. |
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CHAP. XXIV.
An Act for the relief of Thomas Beall, of Samuel, of Allegany County.
Lib. JG. No. 3, fol. 391. A Private Act.
A patent to issue to him for lots No.
3473 and 3483, westward of Fort Cumberland,
in Allegany county.
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Passed Dec. 19. |
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CHAP. XXV.
An Act for the destruction of Squirrels in Caroline county. Lib.
JG.
No. 3, fol. 392.
This act repealed by 1802, ch. 34. |
Passed Dec. 19. |
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CHAP. XXVI.
An Act to open a Road from Severn Ferry, in Anne-Arundel County,
to Patapsco
Lower Ferry. Lib. JG. No. 3, fol. 393.
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the petition
of sundry inhabitants of Anne-Arundel county, that they experience
great inconvenience for want of a direct road from Severn
ferry to Patapsco lower ferry, and praying a law may pass appointing
commissioners to open a road, at the expense of the county,
on the most direct course from Severn ferry to Patapsco lower
ferry; and it appearing that the same would be of great public convenience;
therefore, |
Passed Dec. 19.
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Henry H. Dorsey, Horatio Ridout, George Ashbaw, Thomas Lee
and Henry Duvall, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners
for that purpose, and any three of them are hereby authorised
to lay out and open, at the expense of Anne-Arundel county, a
road, not exceeding thirty feet wide, from Severn ferry to Patapsco,
in said county, in the most convenient direction they may think
proper; and the said road, when so laid out and completed, shall be
recorded among the records of said county, and be thereafter deemed
and taken to be a public road, and shall be kept in repair as other
public roads in said county are directed to be kept. |
Commissioners appointed
to lay out
a road. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
aforesaid shall
and they are hereby directed to apply to any justice of the peace
for the county aforesaid, who shall issue his warrant, under hand
and seal, directed to any sheriff of the county aforesaid, commanding
him to summon five freeholders, disinterested as to the lands,
and not connected with any person through whose lands the said road
may pass, to appear at a place and on a day by him to be appointed,
and after taking the following oath, or affirmation, as the case
may be, to with: " I A. B. do swear, or solemnly, sincerely and
" truly declare and affirm, that I will honestly and faithfully estimate
" and value the damage and injury sustained by C. D. by
" opening a road through the land of the said C. D. in pursuance of
" the directions of this act," shall proceed to ascertain and value
what damages may be sustained by any person or persons through
whose land the said road may pass by opening and clearing the |
Damages to be estimated. |
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