1790.
Passed December
14. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
CHAP. XI.
An ACT for the removal of the seat of justice from Melville's
Warehouse to Pig Point, in Caroline county. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it appears to this general assembly, that
the removal of the
seat of justice, in Caroline county, from Melville's Warehouse to
Pig Point, will be for the convenience and advantage of the inhabitants
of said county. |
Commissioners
appointed,
&c. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Messieurs
William Richardson, Zebdiel Potter, Joseph Richardson, Peter Edmondson,
and
Joshua Willis, be and are hereby appointed commissioners for Caroline
county
aforesaid, and they, or the major part of them, are hereby authorised,
empowered
and required, to execute and perform the several trusts and powers reposed
in, and
required of them by this act; and that in case any of the said commissioners
should die, refuse to act, or remove out of the said county, the others,
or the
major part of them, shall elect another person or persons in the room of
him or
them so dying, refusing to act, or removing out of the said county. |
Who are to agree
for the
purchase of
land, &c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That the said commissioners, or a major part of them,
shall have full power and authority, at any time before the first day of
June next,
to agree with the owner or owners of the land at Pig Point aforesaid, for
the
purchase of a quantity of land, not exceeding four acres, most convenient
and
proper for a court-house and gaol to be erected on, and if such land be
purchased
at a reasonable price, a deed shall be taken for the same from the owner
or owners to the justices of Caroline county, and their successors, for
ever; and
if the commissioners cannot agree about the purchase of the land aforesaid
with
the owner or owners thereof, by the day aforesaid, or the said owner or
owners
should be under any disability to convey the same, then the said commissioners,
or
a major part of them, shall, as soon as may be thereafter, cause to be
surveyed,
laid out and plotted, four acres of land at the place aforesaid, the most
convenient
for the purposes aforesaid; and the said commissioners, or a majority of
them,
shall, by warrant under their hands, direct the sheriff of said county
to summon,
and cause to come to the place aforesaid, on a certain day in such warrant
to be mentioned, eighteen good and sufficient men of the county aforesaid,
qualified
to serve as jurymen in the county court, none of whom to be interested
in the
said land, or related to the owner or owners thereof; and thereupon the
sheriff of
the said county shall summon such eighteen good and sufficient men aforesaid,
to
be and appear at the day and place in the said warrant mentioned, under
a penalty
not exceeding twenty pounds current money; and every person, so summoned,
shall attend agreeably to the summons, unless prevented by sickness, or
other unavoidable
accident, under the penalty of five pounds current money; and the persons
so summoned shall, at the place aforesaid, on the day mentioned in
the warrant
aforesaid, or on any other day to be appointed by the said commissioners,
be
ballotted for by the said commissioners, or a majority of them, and the
twelve
first drawn shall be a jury to value the land so laid out by the commissioners,
and
each of them shall take an oath, to be administered by any one of the said
commissioners,
well and truly to value the said land to be laid out by the commissioners,
according to its actual worth, without favour or partiality; and the said
jury,
having taken the oath aforesaid, shall value the said land so to be laid
out by the
commissioners for the purpose aforesaid, and shall enter their valuation
in writing,
and subscribe their names to the same, and the valuation of the said jury,
or a majority
of them, shall be binding on all parties; and upon payment, or tender of
payment, of the sum of money, to which the jury aforesaid shall value the
said land,
to the owner or owners thereof, such land shall be vested in the justices
of said
county, and their successors, for ever, for the purposes aforesaid; and
if, by any
accident, the land aforesaid shall not be valued under the warrant issued
for the
purpose aforesaid, the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall
issue another
warrant for the purposes aforesaid, upon which there shall be similar proceedings
as above directed, and so toties quoties until the said land is
properly valued
as aforesaid, and the money agreed to be paid for the said land by the
commissioners, |
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