GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1831,

is a supplement, and in valuing and condemning land for said

CHAP. 267,

road, and returning the costs and expenses of the same,

they shall take the oath or affirmation as provided by the

act to which this is a supplement; Provided nevertheless, that

Proviso.

nothing in this act shall be construed to authorise the shut-

ting up of any part of the now public road leading from

New Windsor, to Union town, unless the consent of the le-

vy court of Frederick county be first had and obtained; and

the said levy court is hereby authorised and empowered to

shut up any part thereof, and restore the lands thereof to the

late owners on such terms and conditions as to the said levy

court may seem just and proper.

CHAPTER 267.

An act authorising the Commissioners of Allegany County,

Passed Mar.10, 1832

to cause, to be changed, altered and amended the road had-

ing from Old Town to Cumberland, in said County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-

Commmioners to
change the loca-

ryland, That the commissioners of Allegany county, shall

tion,

at their next meeting after the passage of this act, appoint

three discreet individuals, residents of the county, whose

duty it shall be to examine and change the location of the

road from Old Town, to Cumberland, in said county, at

such places only, as in their judgment and discretion they

may deem expedient and proper, wherever it may lessen

distance and improve the road between the two extreme

points, and the persons so appointed shall make report of

Report.

the result of their examination, with an estimate of the

probable costs of effecting and completing such alterations

and improvements as they may recommend, and where it is

most susceptible of improvement and advantageous to pub-

lic interest.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That provided the said esti-

Estimate.

mate in amount shall not exceed the sum of two hundred

dollars, the said commissioners, shall at their first usual

meeting for assessing and levying, levy and assess upon the

Levy authorised.

taxable property of said county, the sum of one hundred

and twenty-five dollars, if in their discretion, they or a ma-

jority of them shall deem it necessary and proper so to do,

to be paid over by the collector as other county charges are

under the direction of the commissioners, or a majority of

them to those who may be appointed by them to contract

for, and cause to be altered and amended, said road at such