1835

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 208.

CHAPTER 208.

Passed Mar.25, 1836

An act to lay out and open a road; in St. Mary's county.

Authority to appoint commis-

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

sioners

Maryland, That the Levy Court of St. Mary's county

are hereby authorised and required, if they shall deem

it necessary and proper so to do, to appoint three com -

To locate and open

missioners whose duty it shall be to survey, lay out

and open a read not exceeding thirty feet in width,

commencing at such point as the commissioners shall

determine upon, near the church on the public road

leading from the village of Chaptico to Darby's land-

ing to run from thence to and over the cause way, from

the old warehouse, to the wharf situated on the Chap-

tico run, so as to connect the said public road with

the said wharf by such route as will render the ap-

proach to said wharf most safe and convenient to the

neighboring people, for the purpose of shipping and

landing their goods and produce, and the said com-

Plat— certificate

missioners shall make out a plat of said road, and re-

turn the same to the Clerk of the Levy Court of said

Record

county, to be recorded among the records of said levy

court, and the said road, when so opened, shall be

thereafter deemed to be a public road forever, and shall-

he kept in repair in said county.

Compensation — levy

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the expense of sur-

veying and opening said road shall he paid by the coun-

ty aforesaid, and the levy court of said county are

hereby authorised and required, on receiving from the

commissioners an account on oath of said expenses,

including an allowance of two dollars per day for each

commissioner, to levy the same on the assessable pro-

perty of said county.

Damages

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the commissioners,

or a majority of them, shall value and ascertain the

damages, if any, which the owner of the land through

which said road will pass, which damages, should any

be assessed, shall be levied and collected as other

county charges are, and paid over to the owner or to

the proper person.