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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
owner or owners thereof; or if the owner or owners be a minor
or minors, then without the consent of his, her or their guardian
or guardians; and that it shall be the duty of each supervisor to
make a seperate return on oath, of the timbers taken by him, for
the use of the said roads, and a list of the persons to whom it
belonged, with his estimate of the value thereof, which shall be
levied on the assessable property of said county, for the use of
the person or persons to whom it belonged, and collected as
other county charges are; and it shall be the duty of each
supervisor to render to the said levy court, annually, a true account
of all work done on said roads, by whom done (being
taxables and actually charged with taxes) in order that the said
person or persons, who shall have worked or labored on the
road, or shall have furnished timber for the repairs of the same,
shall be credited for the same in their respective county charges. |
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9. And be it enacted, That if any person
or persons shall
alter, change, obstruct or encroach upon any of the said roads,
or cut down, destroy or purposely injure any of the bridges or
causways, such person or persons on being thereof convicted in
the county court, shall be fined at the discretion of said court,
in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to be applied towards defraying
the county charges. |
Penalty for
obstructing
road, &c. |
10. And be it enacted, That if any
person or persons shall
wish to alter, change or straighten any part of the public roads
in said county, they shall petition the levy court of said county,
who thereupon shall appoint, not more than five nor less than
three judicious men of said county, not related to the party or
parties applying for such alteration, as commissioners, who shall
view the old road and the place where the new road is proposed
to run or wished to be made; and if the said commissioners, or
a majority of them shall be of opinion that it would not be a
disadvantage to the community at large, nor materially injure
any individual, they, or a majority of them concurring in opinion,
shall have full power and authority to direct the said petitioners
to alter and change such road in such manner as they, or
a majority of them may point out and direct; Provided, That the
said commissioners before they proceed to the execution of the
duties required by this act, shall take an oath or affirmation to be
administered by a justice of the peace of said county, that they
will faithfully and impartially perform the duties required by this
act; And provided also, That the person or persons applying for
such alteration, shall alter and change such road at his own proper
costs and charges, and shall moreover pay all damages, costs
and charges that shall or may arise from making such alterations;
And Provided further, That it shall not be lawful for such
applicant or applicants, to shut up, stop, or obstruct, any old
road, so about to be altered or changed, before the new road shall
be made, perfected, and received by the levy court of Talbot
county. |
Alteration or
change of
roads provided
for.
Provisoes. |
11. And be it enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the levy
court of said county, and they are hereby directed to cause to |
Repair of
bridges. |
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