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EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
and in case the said commissioners shall confirm the said road,
then and in that case they shall proceed to assess such further
damages as they in their judgment shall think the landholders over
which the said road is laid entitled to, in addition to the sum or
sums of money already levied for them; and the said commissioners
shall return to the clerk's office of Harford county a full and
correct statement of their proceeding, either in case of their rejecting
or confirming the said road, to be there recorded. |
NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 43. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court
shall, in case the
said road be confirmed as aforesaid, and further damages assessed
by the said commissioners, levy, and direct the same to be paid
over to such person or persons as shall be entitled thereto; and
in case the said commissioners shall reject the aforesaid road, then
and in that case the sum or sums of money already levied for the
purpose of satisfying the damages sustained by the landholders
over which the said road is laid, shall be under the control and direction
of the levy court, and by them applied towards defraying
the county charges. |
If further damages
assessed court
to levy the same,
&c. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the aforesaid commissioners,
or
a majority of them, in case they shall not reject the said road altogether,
shall have power to alter the location thereof, if they in
their judgment shall deem the same necessary, and in such case a
survey and plot thereof cause to be made and returned to the
clerk's office of said county, there to be recorded. |
Commissioners
may alter location
of road. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
of review,
hereby appointed, shall have an allowance of two dollars for each
and every day they shall attend in discharge of their duties herein
imposed. |
Their allowance. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the said commissioners,
or a
majority of them, shall determine that the said road should not be
opened, they are hereby directed to inquire if any, and if any,
what sum or sums of money has been paid to the persons over
whose land the said road has passed, as a compensation for the
damages, which if it had been opened they would have sustained,
and whether the sum or sums so paid is more than a just compensation,
and how much more than a just compensation it may be,
and to make a return thereof to the levy court of Harford county,
who are hereby authorised, empowered and directed, to appoint a
suitable person to call upon the landholders aforesaid, for the payment
of such surplus sum or sums paid to them as may be returned
by the said commissioners, and if the said landholders shall
neglect to pay, or cause to be paid, within six months thereafter,
to such person appointed as aforesaid, the sum or sums returned
to be due, the levy court aforesaid are directed either to sue or
warrant for the same, as may seem to them to be proper and legal. |
If they determine
road shall not be
opened, to inquire
what sum has
been paid for damages,
&c. |
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CHAP. XLIV.
An Act to authorise and empower the Levy Court of Anne-Arundel
County to assess and levy a sum of money for
the support and
maintenance of Elisha Porter and Achsah Porter,
who are Idiots.
Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 186. |
Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the levy court of Anne-Arundel county be and they are hereby authorised,
so long as they shall see cause, to assess and levy on the |
Levy authorised
for their support. |
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