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CHAP. 114.
Provisos. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
may pass by opening the same, and the said valuation shall be made
before the said commissioners shall proceed to open the same; Provided
always, that if any person or persons, through whose land the
said road shall pass, 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 for Baltimore
or Harford counties, on application of the party interested, to issue
his warrant, under his hand and seal, directed to any constable
of either county, commanding him to summon five freeholders, disinterested
as to the said road, to appear on a day by him to be appointed,
on the land of the person making application as aforesaid;
and the said freeholders, having first made oath before some justice
of the peace, 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 his land, shall thereupon proceed
to assess and value the damages accordingly, of which the
said commissioners shall have at least five days previous notice,
and shall return the damages, so assessed, to the said justice of the
peace, and such inquisition and valuation shall be final and conclusive;
and the party or parties in whose favour the valuation ascertained
by the said commissioners, or the damages assessed by
the said freeholders, shall be made, shall be entitled to receive the
same from the said commissioners, and the said commissioners
shall pay, or secure to be paid, the amount of the said valuation
or damages to the respective parties entitled to the same, before
they shall proceed to affect the lands of the person or persons concerned;
Provided, that the said road shall not go through any houses,
meadows, gardens or orchards, unless with the consent of the
owner thereof. |
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Passed Dec. 25.
* 1791, ch. 67. |
CHAP. CXV.
A Further Supplement to an act *, entitled, An act for regulating
the
mode of staying Executions, and repealing the Acts of
Assembly
therein mentioned. Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 112.
This act repealed. See note under ch. 19. |
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Passed Dec. 25.
† 1807, ch. 128. |
CHAP. CXVI.
A Further Supplement to the act †, entitled, An act to regulate
and
discipline the Militia of this State. Lib.
TH. No. 2, fol. 113.
This act repealed, with the principal act, by 1811, ch. 182. |
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Passed Dec. 25.
‡ 1807, ch. 31. |
CHAP. CXVII.
A Supplement to the act, entitled ‡, An act to extend Centre-Street,
in
the Northern Precincts of the City of Baltimore, and
to build a
Bridge therein across Jones's Falls. Lib.
TH. No. 2, fol. 113. |
Levy fcauthorised
for building bridge. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the levy court for Baltimore county, at their next annually levy
court, be and they are hereby authorised to direct to levy and
assess, upon the assessable property of said county, the sum of
one thousand dollars, to be collected in two equal annual instalments
of five hundred dollars each; which said sums of money,
when collected, shall be paid over and applied towards the erection
of a bridge over Jones's Falls, pursuant to and in the manner prescribed |
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