WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 507
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CHAPTER 350.
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AN ACT to provide for a public ferry across the
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Potomac river at Hancock, in Washington county.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That the County Commissioners
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of Washington county be and they are hereby au-
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thorized to examine and locate a suitable place to
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construct a public ferry across the Potomac river,
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Public ferry.
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at Hancock, on said river, and also to repair and
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keep in order the public road leading from Hancock
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to said river, or to lay out, open and construct a
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new road, and to connect the same by means of the
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said ferry with the public road leading from said
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river on the West Virginia side to the Hancock
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station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said county
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commissioners are hereby granted full power to con-
struct the said ferry, with suitable boat and necess-
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ary appurtenances, and to assess all damages for
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land or franchise necessary for the establishment of
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said ferry, if any be needed more than the said
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county now has, and in case the owner or owners of
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said land or franchise shall not agree to receive the
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Assess for
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amount of damages assessed by the said county com-
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damages.
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missioners, it shall then be the duty of said county
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commissioners to issue a warrant to the sheriff of
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said county to summon twelve respectable, disin-
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terested persons, qualified by law to be jurors, and
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also the surveyor of the county, to meet on the
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premises on a day by him to be appointed, of which
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he shall give due notice to the owner or possessor
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of said land or franchise.
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said
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jurors and survey or, having first taken an oath or affir-
mation justly and impartially to value the said land or
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Value impar-
tially.
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franchise, shall lay off such land as may be necessary
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for the use of said ferry, and estimate the value of
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the same; and they shall make inquest of their pro-
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ceedings, as aforesaid, under their hands and seals,
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which shall be returned by said sheriff, with a certi-
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