ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

449

may seem proper; and before actually opening, widening or alter-

ing any street, lane or alley, the said commissioners shall pay, or

tender to the person, his agent, guardian or representative, the

amount of damage so awarded; and if any person shall feel ag-

grieved by the determination of the said eo umissioners in rati-

fying or rejecting said return, either as to damages or benefits, or

Damage.

in any matter relating to the same, he, she, or they may appeal

within thirty days from said ratification or rejection to the cir-

cuit court for Wicomico county, and said court or a jury may in-

crease or decrease the amount of damage or benefits so awarded,

and award costs in its discretion, and said judgment shall be final ;
and it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to cause the

papers connected therewith to be delivered to the clerk of said

county, on petition in writing, of any party feeling aggrieved; and

the persons appointed to assess the damages as aforesaid, shall re-

ceive such compensation as the commissioners of said town shall

determine.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

Effective.

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 413.

AN ACT supplementary to an act passed by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland at the January session of eighteen, hundred

and eighty-eight, chapter one hundred and eighteen, sub-titled

an act to provide for the erection of memorial tablets or monu-

ments to suitably mark the position occupied by the various

Maryland organizations serving with the army of the Potomac

on the battlefield of Gettysburg, in the battle of Gettysburg,

and to make a suitable appropriation therefor.

WHEREAS, by the act of the General Assembly of Maryland,

passed at the January session of eighteen hundred and eighty-

eight, chapter one hundred and eighteen, the governor was author-

ized to appoint commissioners to erect upon the battlefield of

Preamble

Gettysburg, suitable monuments to mark the position occupied

by the Maryland commands that participated in said battle, viz :

the first regiment of Eastern shore infantry, the first regiment of

Potomac home brigade infantry, the third regiment of Maryland

infantry, the first regiment of Maryland cavalry and Eigley battery
A, first Maryland artillery, United States volunteers; and

WHEREAS, the commissioners appointed under the provisions

29