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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1876
Volume 199, Page 680   View tiff image (64K)
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680

LAWS OF MARYLAND.
 

treasurer of said county, upon the order of said com-
missioners, within sixty days from the time the

 

award and report are finally ratified and confirmed

Proviso.

as aforesaid; provided, thirty days' notice is given to

 

the owner or owners of the property taken for. such

 

road, or to his, her or its agent or attorney, or left

 

upon the premises in case the owner is unknown,

 

and said sum shall be applied to the purpose of

 

paying the damages and for the construction of said

 

road; provided, a majority of the landholders bind-

 

ing on and adjacent to the road shall have the privi-

Have privi-
lege.

lege of naming a person to make or construct said

 

road; whenever any person or persons shall desire

 

to improve any road to an extent beyond that con-

 

templated by the board of examiners or supervisors,

Make appli ca-

they may make application to the county commis-

tion.

sioners, who shall issue a commission to three disin-

 

terested tax payers of said county directing them to

 

meet upon the premises and examine the location

 

and the premises set forth in said application, and if

 

they shall judge that the public interest will be pro-

Shall direct.

moted thereby, they shall direct the county commis-

 

sioners to pay towards such improvement an amount

 

not exceeding one hundred dollars per mile, to be

Proviso.

paid upon completion of said improvement; provided

 

however, that said applicants subscribe an amount

 

double that to be paid by the county commissioners,

 

all the work of said improvements shall be under

 

the direction and control of the supervisor; when-

 

ever any doubt may exist as to the proper location

 

or width of any road, the supervisors may cause the

Cause to be

same to be surveyed, and in their discretion, make

surveyed.

such alterations as the conveniences of the public

 

may require, and any person feeling aggrieved at their

 

action shall have the right of appeal as hereinbefore

 

provided; when any new road is located, old road

 

altered, or any road surveyed, said road shall be not

Not less than

less than thirty feet in width, and it shall be the duty

thirty feet.

of the supervisor to provide suitable boundary stones-

 

and have them securely planted at such points a&

 

they may deem necessary; the supervisors shall re-

 

ceive for their services in the first, third, ninth,

 

twelfth and thirteenth election districts, two dollars

Compensati'n
of supervisors

per day, not to exceed one hundred dollars for each

 

supervisor or five hundred dollars for the entire dis-



 

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