WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 433.

AN ACT to authorize and empower " The Com-

missioners of Centreville," in Queen Anne's

county, Maryland, to acquire and hold six acres

of land for the benefit of said town.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That " The Commissioners of Cen-

treville," in Queen Anne's county, Maryland, and

their successors in office, be and they are hereby

Purchase or

authorized and empowered to purchase, or other-

acquire.

wise acquire, and hold, a lot of land, not exceed-

ing six acres in quantity, for the use and benefit

of said town, in addition to the lands now held

by them.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in case the said

commissioners and the owner or owners of the

land desired for the use and benefit of said town

cannot agree as to the price therefor and for the

purchase thereof, or if the owners thereof, or any of

them, be feme covert, under twenty-one years of

Disagreement

age, non compos mentis, or for any cause are incapa-

—how settled.

ble, of granting a good title to said land, the said

commissioners may apply, by petition, in writing,

to the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's county, to

have the land described in said petition (which

shall not exceed six acres in quantity) condemned

for the use and benefit of said town, which said

petition shall state the bounds and quantity of

the land for which condemnation is sought, the

purpose for which said land is desired, and the

name, age and residence of the owners, and

whether they are married or single, compos mentis,

Verify state-
ments,

vel non compos mentis, and shall be verified by the

affidavit of one or more of the petitioners that the

statements therein made are true to the best of

his knowledge and belief.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That immediately upon

the filing of said petition with the clerk of said

court, the said clerk shall give notice of the sub-

stance and object of said petition by printed no-

Give notice-
of substance.

tice, to be published once in each of three succes-

sive weeks in some newspaper printed in the