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EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
direction that the nature of the ground will admit of; and the road,
when so laid out, straightened and amended, and the valuation
hereafter directed to be made shall have taken place, and a plot of
the same made out and returned to the clerk of Baltimore county
court, to be recorded among the records of said county, shall for
ever thereafter be deemed and taken to be a public highway, and
kept in repair as other public roads are in said county. |
NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 115. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
or a majority
of them, shall ascertain and value what damages may be sustained
by any person or persons through whose land the said road
shall pass, taking into consideration the advantages and disadvantages,
if any, and the same, when so assessed, shall be paid, or
secured to be paid, by the person or persons who are interested in
having the said road laid out, straightened and amended as aforesaid,
or any other person or persons who may think proper to contribute
thereto, to the person or persons entitled to receive the same,
before they shall proceed to open the said road. |
Damages to be ascertained. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons, through
whose land the said road shall pass, or his, her or their guardian
or trustee, shall conceive himself, herself or themselves, aggrieved
by such valuation and assessment of damages by the said commissioners
respectively, it shall and may be lawful for any justice of
the peace, on his, her or their application, to issue his warrant,
under his hand and seal, directed to the sheriff of the county, commanding
him to summon twelve disinterested men, qualified by
law to serve as jurors in the county court, to meet upon the premises,
on a certain day, of which six days notice at least shall be
given to the party or parties interested; and the said jurors, when
so met, and having each first taken an oath before some justice of
the peace, that he 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 said road through his, her or their land, shall thereupon
proceed to assess and value the damages accordingly, taking into
consideration the advantages and disadvantages, if any, and such
inquisition and valuation shall be final and conclusive between the
parties respectively; Provided, that the said road shall not be
opened
through the buildings, gardens, yards, meadows or orchards,
of any person, without his or her consent. |
Persons conceiving
themselves aggrieved
by such
valuation may
have a jury
summoned, &c.
Proviso. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the act passed
in the year eighteen
hundred and four*, concerning the said road, and the supplement
thereto, passed at last fall session †, be and they are hereby
repealed. |
Acts repealed.
* Ch. 4.
† Ch. 36. |
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CHAP. CXVI.
An Act for the relief of William Sinclair, of the City of Baltimore.
Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 291. |
Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That
on application of William Sinclair, of the city of Baltimore, to the
county court for Baltimore county, by petition, in writing, offering
to deliver to the use of his creditors, who reside in Ireland, or
with whom he contracted any debt, or to whom he became
indebted prior to his first arrival within the United States, all
his property, real, personal or mixed, within the kingdom of
Ireland, or within any state, kingdom or country, other than
the state of Maryland, to which he is now, or was at any |
On his application,
county court to
direct notice
thereof to be given
to creditors,
&c. |
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