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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
the aforesaid mills, nearly as the road now runs, to intersect the
public road leading from John Orme's plantation to Montgomery
court-house at or near the Union Mills; and a plot of said road,
when surveyed and laid out, together with a certificate and courses
of the same, shall be returned by the commissioners to the levy court
of Montgomery county, to be there recorded; and the said road,
when opened, shall for ever thereafter be deemed and taken to be a
public highway, and repaired in the same manner as other public
roads in said county are repaired. |
Damages to be ascertained.
Proviso. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That on application
of the party or parties
interested, the said commissioners, or any two of them, 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 ascertained and assessed, shall be paid, or secured
to be paid, by the said petitioners, before the commissioners appointed
by this act 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, it shall and may be lawful for the said commissioners, or
any two of them, to issue their warrant to the sheriff of the county,
to summon twelve disinterested freeholders of said county, to appear
on the premises on a day by them to be appointed, and the
commissioners are hereby authorised to administer an oath to every
person so summoned, that he will, without favour, affection, partiality
or prejudice, assess the damages sustained by the person or
persons at whose request such inquisition shall be taken, by reason
of opening said road through his, her or their land, and the persons
so summoned and sworn shall thereupon proceed to value and assess
the damages accordingly, of which the said petitioners, or some
one of them, shall have five days previous notice at the least, and
such inquisition shall be final and conclusive between the parties. |
Not to be laid out
through buildings,
&c. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall not
lay out or open the said road through the buildings, gardens, yards,
orchards or meadows, of any person or persons, without his or
their consent. |
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Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
CHAP. XXI.
An Act for the benefit of the Heirs of William Murphey. Lib.
TH.
No. 2, fol. 162. A Private Act. |
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Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
CHAP. XXII.
An Act to fix the mode of electing Senators to represent this State
in
the Senate of the United States. Lib.
TH. No. 2, fol. 163. |
To be elected by
joint ballot of
both branches of
legislature, &c. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the senator or senators hereafter chosen to represent this state in
the senate of the United States, shall be elected by the joint ballot
of both branches of the legislature, and that the person or persons
qualified as the constitution of the United States directs, having a
majority of the votes of all the attending members in both branches
of the legislature, shall be declared as duly elected. |
One to be an inhabitant
of the
eastern and the
other of the western
shore. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That one of the senators
shall be always
an inhabitant of the eastern and the other of the western
shore. |
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