1833,

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 42.
Repairs, Stoves, &c

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may
he lawful for the said trustees to apply any part of said
school money towards repairs on the school house, and for
the purchase of a stove at their discretion.

CHAPTER 42.

Passed Feb. 8, 1834.

A supplement to an act entitled, an act to incorporate the
Beaverdam and Harrington's Branch and Canal Com-
pany.

Preamble

WHEREAS, it hath been represented to this General
Assembly that the commissioners appointed by virtue of
the original act to which this is a supplement, have placed
an exorbitant valuation upon certain lands belonging to a
certain Matthias Day, in right of his wife, and as guardian
to the infant children of John H. Powel, deceased, and
have by their assessment on said lands caused the same
to contribute more than its fair proportion towards cutting
the ditch and draining the ground mentioned in the said
original act, and for as much as the said act of assembly
hath not provided a proper remedy in such case: There-
fore,

Appeal authorised

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the said Matthias Day, in right of his wife, and as guar-
dian to the infant children of said John H. Powel, may
appeal from the judgment and decision of the said com-
missioners, to Caroline county court, by petition in writing;
it shall and may be lawful for the said court to hear, try
and determine the said appeal, and by the verdict of a
jury to cause the true and proper valuation to be put upon

Judgment confirm-
ed

the said land, taking into consideration the situation, value,
improvements and other circumstances of said lands, and
to adjudge and determine what is the real and proper quota
which said land shall contribute towards said ditch.