1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP 262

rivers, together with one moiety of the bridge over

Big Patuxent; and in like manner to surrender and

relinquish to Montgomery county, the privilege or

right of the said company, to make the said Turnpike

road through Montgomery county to the line of the

district of Columbia, together with the other moiety

or half part of said bridge over the Big Patuxent

river.

To be filed

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the surrender in

writing made as aforesaid shall be filed with the

clerk of the county court of the county, to which the

surrender shall be made, and shall be recorded by him

Copy to be evidence

in the land accords of said county a certified copy of

which writing under the seal of said court shall be

evidence, and the said road and bridges so as afore-

Public highway

said surrendered shall be deemed and considered a

public highway and shall thereafter be kept in repair

in the same manner as other public roads and bridges

are in said counties.

Commissioners

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That for the preserva-

tion of the said bridge over Big Patuxent, it shall and

may be lawful for the county commissioners of Anne

Arundel county, and the Levy Court of Montgomery

county before their next county levy or so soon there-

after as they shall think proper, to appoint a commis-

sioner for their respective counties, whose duty it shall

be, jointly to contract for and superintend the building

of a roof on the bridge over Big Patuxent river, and

draw on each of said counties, for one half the amount

of such expense; and the county commissioners and

levy court aforesaid are hereby directed and required

to levy on the assessable property of their respective

counties the amount of property chargeable to such coun-

ty and the same to pay over to the order of said com-

missioners.