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ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAP. LXXVI.
An Act to make valid a Deed from Charlotte Murray to John Murray,
of Dorchester County. Lib. TH. No.
2, fol. 67. A Private Act. |
1808.
CHAP. 76.
Passed Dec. 24. |
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CHAP. LXXVII.
An Act to lay out and open a Road in Prince George's County and
part in Montgomery County.
Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 67. |
Passed Dec. 24. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Josiah Jones, John Woodward, James Ray, Robert Edmondston and
Thomas Richardson, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners
to survey, lay out and open, at the expense of the petitioners, or
other persons interested therein, who may subscribe to the same, a
road, not exceeding thirty feet in width, in the best and straightest
direction, taking all circumstances into consideration, from
Crow's mill, in Anne-Arundel county, on the Patuxent river, by
Bussard's mill on the Paint Branch, and by the Adelphi mills on
the north-west branch in Prince George's county, until it intersects
the line of the district of Columbia; and the said commissioners
are hereby required to make a plot of the road, so as aforesaid directed
to be laid out and opened, and return the same to the clerks
of Prince-George's and Montgomery county courts, to be recorded
amongst the land records of said counties; and the said road,
when so laid out and opened at the expense of the petitioners, or
others interested, and the valuation herein after directed shall be
paid, or secured to be paid, to the individuals concerned, shall be
thereafter deemed to be a public road for ever, and shall be kept in
repair in the same manner as other public roads are directed to be
kept in said counties. |
Commissioners appointed
to lay out
and open a road. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case of death,
resignation,
disqualification, or refusal to act, of any of the commissioners
aforesaid, the remaining commissioners, or a majority of them,
shall and they are hereby authorised and directed to fill up such
vacancy or vacancies. |
Vacancies, how to
be filled. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
aforesaid, or
a majority of them, shall ascertain and value, of required, what
damages may be sustained by any person or over whose lands the
said road shall pass, by opening the same, and the valuation shall
be made before the said commissioners shall proceed to open the
said road; Provided always, that if any person or persons through
whose lands the said road may 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, on application
of the party interested, or his, her or their guardian or
trustee, to issue his warrant, under his hand and seal, directed to
any constable of the county, commanding him to summon twelve
freeholders, uninterested in the opening of the said road, to appear,
on a day by the said justice to be appointed, on the land of the
person or persons making application as aforesaid, or for whose
benefit such application shall be made; and the said freeholders,
having first made oath before said justice of the peace, that they
will,
without favour, affection or partiality, assess the damages sustained
by the person or persons at whose request, or for whose benefit,
such inquisition shall be taken, by reason of opening the aforesaid. |
Damages to be ascertained.
Provisos. |
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