JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1833.

Arundel County, and the said commissioners or a majority
of them shall make out a plat of that part of the road
through Frederick County and return the same to the clerk
of the county court of Frederick County, to be recorded
among the records of said County; they shall also in like
manner make out a plat of that part of the road through
Baltimore County, and return the same to the clerk of Bat-
timore County Court to be recorded among the records of

CHAP. 160.

said county, and they shall in like manner make out a plat
of that part of the road through Anne Arundel County, and

Plat

return the same to the clerk of said county court, to be re-
corded among the records of Anne Arundel County, and
the said road when so opened, shall be thereafter deemed

Record

to be a public road forever, and shall be kept in repair, in
the same manner as other public roads are directed to be
kept in said counties.

Public road

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the expenses of survey-
ing and opening that pan of said road in Frederick County
shall be paid by Frederick County; the expensed of survey-
ing and opening that part of said road in Baltimore County,
by Baltimore county; the expenses of surveying and open-
ing that part of said road in Anne Arundel county, by
Anne Arundel county, and the levy court or commissioners
of said counties, as the case may be, are hereby authorized
and required on receiving from the commissioners appoint-

Expense appropri-
ated

ed or a majority of them, an account cm oath or affirmation
of the said expenses including an allowance of two dollars
per day to the commissioners for their services, to levy
the same on the assessable paaperty of said counties re-
spectively, to be collected as other county charges are now
collected.

Levy directed

Sec. 3. And be, it enacted, That the said commissioners
or a majority of them shall value and ascertain the damage
that may be sustained by any person or persons through
whose land the said road may be made to pass, taking into
consideration the advantages and disadvantages (if any) and
the damages so ascertained shall be levied and assessed as

Damages ascertain-
ed

other county charges in said counties are, and shall be paid
by the counties wherein such damages may be sustained
to the persons thereunto entitled.

Levied and paid

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners
before they proceed to act shall take an oath or affirma-
tion before some Justice of the peace, that they will with-
out favour partiality or prejudice assess the damages sus-
tained by the person or persons through whose lands the
the said road may pass.

Oath required.