FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

or partiality; which oath shall be endorsed on the order of
appointment and returned therewith.

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SEC. 206. And be it enacted, Said examiners, or a majority
of them, shall give notice of the time and place of meeting by
publishing the same once a week for two successive weeks in
some newspaper or newspapers published in Baltimore county,
and by causing a copy of the same to be delivered to every
owner through or along whose property the proposed road will
pass, or be publicly posted on said property, in case the owner
cannot be found, at least tive days before the day of meeting ;
and in case the owner be an infant or non compos mentis, then
a copy of said notice shall be left with the parent or guardian
of said infant, or with the committee or person having charge
of the person alleged to be non compos mentis; and at the time
appointed, the examiners or a majority of them, shall meet on
the premises and proceed to examine and determine whether
the public convenience requires that the road should be opened,
altered or closed, as the case may be; but they shall have
power to adjourn from time to time.

Meetings of
examiners.

SEC. 207. And be it enacted, If the application be for open-
ing, closing or altering a road, and if they shall determine that
the public convenience requires that the road should be opened,
closed or altered, they shall proceed to locate the same in such
manner as will in their judgment best promote the public con-

Location of
road.

venience; and shall cause a plat of the same, and also of the
old road, when the application is to alter or close a road, to be
made out under the direction of a competent surveyor, and
shall return the same, together with a full report of their pro-
ceedings, under their hands, to the County Commissioners, with
the reasons on which their opinions are founded.

Plat.

SEC. 208. And be it enacted, If they shall be of opinion
that the road ought not to be opened, altered or shut up, they
shall report their opinion to the County Commissioners,
together with the reasons on which it is founded.

Report of
examiners.

SEC. 209. And be it enacted, Whenever any road shall be
located and surveyed as a public road, the board of examiners
shall make an estimate of the cost of making said road, and
also of the damages, if any, to be paid, and shall assess the

Estimate of
cost.

damages and benefits caused thereby upon the persons in-
terested, and the district, respectively, in such proportions as
they may deem just and proper, and shall cause notice to be
given to all persons assessed, of their respective assessments;

Assessment
of damages

and benefits.