1632 ARTICLE 37

An. Code, 1924, sec. 3. 1912, sec. 3. 1904, sec. 3. 1888, sec. 3. 1782, ch. 31, sec. 3.

3. Whenever any person shall apply to the county commissioners or
mayor of the city of Baltimore for a license to keep a public ferry, and shall
offer two good and sufficient securities, the county commissioners or mayor
shall grant such license, notwithstanding they or he may have, previous to
such application, granted license or licenses to other persons to keep a ferry
at the same place.

This section repealed by Public Service Commission Law (art. 23, secs. 344-429).
Bay Bridge Ferry Corp. v. Queen Anne's Co., 160 Md. 398.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 4. 1912, sec. 4. 1904, sec. 4. 1888, sec. 4. 1799, ch. 83, sec. 5.

4. If the proprietor of the land at any place now used as a public ferry,
or where a public ferry may hereafter be established, shall refuse or neglect
for the space of two months to take out a license agreeably to this article,
or to rent the houses and land commonly used with or necessary for such
ferry, to some person to be approved of by the said commissioners who will
take out a license for the same, or be under any disability to take out a
license, or to rent aforesaid, by reason whereof the same shall be delayed to
be done to the inconvenience of the public, for the space of three months
beyond the annual time for granting such ferry licenses, in such case the
county commissioners of the county in which such land shall lie shall issue
a warrant to the sheriff of the county to summon twelve respectable dis-
interested persons qualified by law to be jurymen, and also the surveyor
of the county, to meet on the premises on a day by him to be appointed, of
which due and timely notice shall be given by the said sheriff to the owner
or possessor of such land.

See notes to sec. 15.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 5. 1912, sec. 5. 1904, sec. 5. 1888, sec. 5. 1799, ch. 83, sec. 5.

5. And the said jury shall then and there, upon viewing the place, deter-
mine how much land, not exceeding two acres and not including the dwell-
ing-house, garden, orchard or meadow of the owner or possessor, or any part
thereof, shall be necessary and most convenient to be laid off for the use of
such ferry, and the said surveyor, under their direction, shall survey and
lay off the same, and make a correct plat and certificate thereof, and shall
deliver the same to the said sheriff, to be returned to the circuit court for
the county, and said jury shall then and there estimate the value of the said
land, in doing which they shall take into consideration all the advantages
of its situation for the purpose of keeping a ferry or pursuing any other
business, having first taken an oath justly and impartially to value the
same land; and they shall make inquest of their proceedings as aforesaid,
under their hands and seals, which shall be returned by the said sheriff
with the certificate and plat aforesaid to the next circuit court for the
county.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 6. 1912, sec. 6. 1904, sec. 6. 1888, sec. 6. 1799, ch. 83, sec. 5.

6. If the proprietor of the said land shall think himself aggrieved by
the quantity of land laid off, or by the manner of laying off the same, or by
the valuation thereof by the said jury, he may apply to the said court at any
time before the end of the next court to that at which the proceedings afore-
said shall be returned, who may, in a summary way, examine the said pro-
ceedings, and ratify or correct the same in any of the particulars above
mentioned, and shall thereupon order and adjudge that the said land shall